if you think about it; come to think of it
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
person who attended a nursery school as a child (as opposed to a kindergarten)
ōban-yaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
at work; in the midst of work; working
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
using an overly broad subject when expressing a personal opinion (e.g. "the public", "women"); overgeneralizing
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
honorific affix; honorific prefix
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
vulgar word; vulgar expression; vulgarism; profanity; swear word
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
a person without a single relative