to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
counting system; way (manner) of counting
while alive; during one's lifetime
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
energy conservation; economical use of energy
the very image of health itself; picture of health
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family
throat lozenge; cough drop
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)