extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
such; like that; that sort of; very
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
failure; mistake; blunder
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
3000; three thousand; many
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
in that way; thus; so; so?
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street