to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
basking (of animals with a shell or carapace, esp. turtles); sunbathing on one's stomach
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
pop; popular; pop-art-style; pop (music); pop (stack operation)
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to fan; to incite; to instigate
madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for); from the heart; entirely; completely
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
one end; an end; part; fragment
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
endurance; perseverance; patience
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
an age (ago); a long time (ago); a decade (ago)
way in the past; two (or so) decades (ago)
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); (arch.) Japan
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to give the stamp of approval
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
119 (ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number in Japan)