minced meat or fish that is seasoned and fried (usu. served on top of rice); tattered; ragged; fine; small
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
all; entire; whole; altogether
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
descendant; posterity; offspring
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how; in what way; circumstances
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
growing wild (naturally); native
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know