• 七転八倒(しってんばっとう)- tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
  • 力む(りきむ)- to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to try (too) hard; to draw one's body taut / to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger; to bluff; to boast
  • どさくさ紛れに(どさくさまぎれに)- in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
  • 公務執行妨害 (こうむしっこうぼうがい) - interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
  • 付きっきり(つきっきり)- constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision
  • 重症(じゅうしょう) - serious illness
  • こぼす - to spill
  • 健気(けなげ)- brave, heroic
  • 頻度(ひんど) - frequency
  • しょっちゅう - frequently
  • しつこい - obstinante
  • 監視カメラ(かんしかめら) - security camera
  • 母子家庭(ぼしかてい) - fatherless family
  • 検証(けんしょう) - verification
  • 初見(しょけん)- seeing for the first time
  • 掟(おきて) - law; rule
  • 谷間(たにま)- valley (ravine); cleavage (breasts)
  • 丈(たけ)- height; length (of clothing); all one has (everything) e.g.: 思いの丈、心の丈; magnificence (of a poem)
  • 管轄(かんかつ)- jurisdiction; control
  • ざっくり - approximately
  • 老成する(ませる) - to be mature for one's age
  • 励まし(はげまし)- encouragement
  • みじん - particle; little pieces
  • みじん切り(もじんぎり)- cut into fine pieces
  • もじんもない - not in the slightest
  • 箆(へら) - spatula
  • 甲殻類(こうかくるい)- crustacean
  • 牡蠣(かき)- oyster
  • 壁蝨(だに)- tick
  • 克服(こくふく)- conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
  • 杉(すぎ) - Japanese cedar
  • 檜(ひのき)- Japanese cypress
  • 大豆(だいず)- soybean
  • 突如(とつじょ) - suddenly; all of the sudden
  • 括弧(かっこ)- parenthesees
  • 下線(かせん)- underline
  • ざわざわ - noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion
  • rustling (leaves)​
  • feeling a chill; getting the chills
  • わちゃわちゃ - chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
  • チョメチョメ - blankety-blank; bleep; yada yada; xxx
  • ひょろひょろ - totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily
  • lanky; spindly; slender; frai
  • ひょろい - spindly; weak; gangly
  • 幻(まぼろし)- phantom; vision; illusion; dream; apparition
  • 実現(じつげん) - implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization; actualisation
  • ドタドタ - noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
  • ケバい - gaudy
feb 23 2019 ∞
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