front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
sleeping pill; sleep medication
don't you think?; indicates question
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
opening fully; full throttle; full power
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to throw open; to leave open
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
while; even though; despite
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
all; entire; whole; altogether
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in