to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to telephone; to make a phone call
care (e.g. medical); attention; nursing; kea (Nestor notabilis)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
how to manage (e.g. case); how to handle (e.g. machine); way with (e.g. children, animal)
fully prepared; all ready
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
to bust down a door; to break a door open
gun; pistol; ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; repellence
stuffing; filling; packing; padding
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
delicious; tasty; good; nice
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
tweeting (of a bird); chirping; noisily (talking)
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
not eating enough; unsatisfied; dissatisfied with; leaving something to be desired
additional order; adding to an existing order
rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone; (arch.) to use as an excuse; (arch.) to make a pretext of
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
slipping one's bonds; escaping; flight
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to smile a smile of satisfaction
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)