to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
by today; before the day is over
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
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
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
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
cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat
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
3000; three thousand; many
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
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)
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street