to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
drinking party; banquet; feast
time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
striking with the back of the sword
sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period
insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; stupid
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
distance in sword combat where approaching one more step allows hitting one's opponent
average; ordinary; normal
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)
low-level; trivial; coarse; low-dimension
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
cooperation; mutual aid (help)
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child