kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to lay aside; to set aside
steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
projection room; projection booth
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
to arrive; to come to pass
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
heloderm (any venomous lizard of genus Heloderma, incl. the gila monster and the beaded lizard)
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
alien (from another planet)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
detention; custody; confinement; internment
end; tip; extremities; terminal
business hours; opening hours; office hours
to invite in; to show someone in
members; member; constituent
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else