to backfire; to have a harmful result
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to congratulate; to celebrate
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
parting ways after a quarrel
in the hospital; hospitalized
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
restoration; repair; mending
education gap; achievement gap in education; educational inequality
tall figure; high stature
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
release; liberation; acquittal
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
growth period; growing season
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
free ticket; free admission ticket
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
babaocai; eight-treasure vegetables
set meal; special (of the day)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)