half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
living; lifestyle; living room
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
going down smoothly (esp. of beer); tasting good going down
senior high school student
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
question; inquiry; enquiry
as a child; when one was a child
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)