to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
growth period (in children)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
older brother; elder brother
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to be engrossed; to be enthralled
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to make an appearance; to show up
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
broken; intermittent; disconnected
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears