dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)
dealing with; coping with
curry and rice; rice and curry; curry rice
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
triangles (used in mechanical drawing); set square
sympathizer; sympathiser; fellow traveler; fellow traveller
good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; uplifting; upbeat
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
perusal; one reading; reading through (once)
interruption; interference; butting in
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
deductive reasoning; deduction
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
biological child; one's own child
rival candidate; opposing candidate
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
little grey cells (in reference to Hercule Poirot's catchphrase); intellect; brainpower
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
(the state of) weightlessness