intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
to get between; to be caught in
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
both; both sides; both parties
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
main question; real issue at hand
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
as you please; in any way you like; as you wish
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
each; (arch.) you (plural)
rare; uncommon; not often seen
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
genius; prodigy; natural gift
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred