to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
public telephone; pay phone
useless resistance; vain struggle
to learn by heart (rote); to memorize; to memorise
to ask for money; to put the touch on someone
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to be contrary to one's expectations
(disposable) shopping bag; carrier bag
to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
dealing with; coping with
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
whining (to get one's way); tantrum
mute; damper; muting (a TV, microphone, etc.); muting (a user on a social networking service)
(one's) current position; current location; present position
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)