to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
eating quickly; speed-eating
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
ōban-yaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
matcha; powdered green tea
mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
chomping; gulping; with a big bite
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
advance; moving forward; progress
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability