chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
good result; good outcome
and; thereupon; because of that
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband
the same night; that night
so what!; who gives a damn?
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
sharp parting remark; parting threat
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
enumeration; citation; listing
weird; disgusting; sickening
feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
while alive; during one's lifetime
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
smallish; on the small side
during a telephone call; busy line
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
weather forecast; weather report
sun symbol (e.g. in a weather forecast)