yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
manners; behavior; behaviour
moving; touching; stirring
fish-based cooking; fish dish
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
demonstration; show of force
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
draw (in competition); tie game
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
close; intimate; on good terms
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
one of these days; someday; one day
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to