bento; Japanese box lunch
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
staying up all night; all-night vigil
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
serious; not joking; straight
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
time; season; period; phase; stage
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
meaning; significance; sense
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix