indescribable; having no way to express
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to make a speech; to address
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to be caught (of a wild animal or fish); to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to win (a title, prize, etc.)
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
Amazon (river, rainforest, etc.); Amazon (female warrior)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
detestable; disagreeable; disgusting; odious; unpleasant; repugnant
triumphant return; returning in triumph
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
new moon; first day of the lunar month; crescent moon
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
supply; supplying; replenishment
watering hole; watering place
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
high-class restaurant; high-end store
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
mob; the masses; rabble; all things in nature; the whole creation
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused