taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
washing machine (laundry)
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
just managing; with great difficulty
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to begin; to set about; to start
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
unexpected meeting; coincidence
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
one by one; one each; one at a time
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
dark sweet liquid produced after the third heating in a thermal sugar-refining process; brown sugar
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)