to get distracted; to jump off the track
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to bury; to embed; to implant
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
back seat (of a car); rear seat
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
recreation; diversion; relaxation
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to complain; to make a complaint
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf