criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
evening meal; supper; dinner
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
(plain) hot water; boiled water
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
health care professional; medical worker
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
use; utility; effect; benefit
several types; several kinds; several species
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)