heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to state; to express; to mention
playing the victim; playing the victim card
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
even though it is not; despite not
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to shake one's head (in denial)
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
dissection; autopsy; analysis
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
flustered; confused; panicked
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
episode; anecdote; vignette
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to take a breath; to take a short rest
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you