to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
one thin flat object; one sheet
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
after that (a substantive change occurred)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
that day; the very same day
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
difficult to ...; hard to ...