lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
to jar; to creak; to grate
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
fish-liver oil (cod, shark, etc.)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
hyaluronic acid; hyaluronan
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
this and that; various things
aging; ageing; adding to one's years
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
pointing out; identification
while; even though; despite
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
while; during (the time when)
rest; break; recess; intermission
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
in the meanwhile; during the time
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)