directly opposite; right in front
large build; large pattern
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
calm; composed; leisurely
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to flavor; to flavour; to season
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)
to scrape off; to plane off
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
meat sauce; Bolognese sauce
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
near; close; beside; third person
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious