simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
index finger; forefinger; second toe
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
I'm not so sure; I can hardly say with any finality that ...
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
wise saying; famous saying
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to say no more; to sink into silence
click-clack; clickety-click; clicking sound; clattering sound
reopening; resumption; restarting
narrow; thin (sized); slender
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
police officer; policeman; constable
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
perishable foods; perishables
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor