by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
town; city; municipal; urban
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
boy; son; baby boy; young man
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify