to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
marvel-of-Peru (Mirabilis jalapa); four-o'clock plant
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
amorous adventure; love affair
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
one by one; one each; one at a time
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
two persons; two people; pair; couple
coincident with; while; simultaneously
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to be needed; to be wanted
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to