pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
day of month; counter for days
journal; magazine; periodical
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
physical condition; state of health
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to tighten; to press hard
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
adherence; sticking (to); fixation
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication