to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
phantom; vision; illusion
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
war; battle; match; game; competition
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
firm promise; definite promise
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
head of a sleeping person
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
extra-large; king-size; highest (priority, urgency, etc)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
rhythmical; rhythmic; well-paced
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road
to get hungry; to become hungry
food storage; provision store; pantry
to become locked; to lock
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
process; course; mechanism