to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
deep emotion; strong feelings
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to be brought to mind; to come to mind
pavement café; sidewalk café; open-air café
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
curling inwards (esp. of the tips of one's hair)
general public; the masses
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
French; French food; French cuisine
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
celebrated musician; master musician
string instrument; stringed instrument
keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
sense of pitch; ear for music
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
retirement (from the world); seclusion
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
bill (at a restaurant); check
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
backflip; backward somersault
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death