(a) little; somewhat; somehow
undoubted; unmistakable; definite
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to maintain; to continue to have
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
slowly and quietly; smoothly
colour; color; hue; tints
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
corridor; hallway; passageway
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera)
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
person being waited for; person who waits
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...