(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.); pricking (e.g. with a needle)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
cookware; cooking utensil
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
treatment (of a person); dealing with
competing; competition; auction
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
modesty; humility; being humble
great talents mature late
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
proposal; proposition; suggestion
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
covered with; stained; smeared
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
quick-witted; quick to understand
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
pork okonomiyaki; pork and egg
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality