wet and glistening; slimy; slippery; to have a sheen; to be slimy
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to beat time; to mark time
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
sad news; news of a death; death notice
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
to succeed; to bear fruit
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
obese body; corpulent physique
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
retainer; attending on the nobility
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
a few minutes later; after a few minutes