chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
boring; dull; uninteresting
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
icebreaker (ship); ice breaker
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
cannonball; shot (in the shot put)
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
all sorts of; all kinds of
pouring water; flooding; douche
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
stabbing to death; putting out
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
work sent to a competition; competition entry
making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
high blood pressure; hypertension
high-salt miso; salty miso; spicy miso
anonymity; using an assumed name
to find out; to discover; to locate
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
knowing; being aware (of)
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
great writer; literary master; distinguished author