inexpert or untrained eyes
secret; private; surreptitious
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
putting on weight over the New Year's holidays
to look away; to avert one's eyes
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
paper strip (around parcels, banknotes, etc.)
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to be given up; to be discontinued
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
tail (animal); tail end; tip