to drool; to dribble; to slobber
art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
asking for the moon; asking for the impossible; asking for too much; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence
building time; construction period
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation
to boost; to force up; to push up
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; spanning (incl. partial start and end periods)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
looking straight at the camera; paying attention to the camera
bathing; going in the bath
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
random; unintentional; unintended
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
worldly wisdom; gumption; stingy person
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
cool sensation from passing air; cool and refreshing (aftertaste); sound of air leaking; sound of a sleeper's breath
horizontally striped shirt; border shirt
to be conceited; to be stuck up; to be full of oneself; to be cocky
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
one's whole heart; everything one feels
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of)
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
opening and closing; opening and shutting
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately