to play around; to gallivant about
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
feeling; mood; disgusting; sickening; revolting
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)
manjū with a meat filling; steamed yeast bun with a meat filling
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
very troublesome; extremely bothersome; awfully complicated; tedious and annoying
someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
to blunt; to dull; to weaken
enough is enough; no further!
to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face
to limp; to drag one's feet