meaning; significance; sense
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
home environment; family environment
to get hungry; to become hungry
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
elder sister; effeminate man
for today; for the time being
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
a glance; a look; a glimpse
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
surroundings; environs; circumference
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
such; like that; that sort of
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
yearned for; longed for; missed
holding tightly; squeezing; onigiri; rice ball; (accepting a) bribe
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out