narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
storm and stress; Sturm und Drang
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
charging (electrically); electrification
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
enactment; establishment; creation
suitable or moderate temperature
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
silent profile (in cell phones); silent mode; vibrate mode
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
weight; heavyweight boxer
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
This isn't over; I will get my revenge
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
unprecedented; never seen before
tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)
spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)
poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another