My words

丁度いい

ちょうどいい ちょうどよい

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

読書

どくしょ とくしょ

reading

惜しい

おしい

regrettable, disappointing precious, dear, valuable too good for, deserving better almost but not quite

余計な御世話

よけいなおせわ

Mind your own business

一日中

いちにちじゅう いちにちぢゅう

all day long, all the day, throughout the day

だらだら

in drops, dripping, trickling, streaming, flowing gently (sloping) sluggishly, endlessly, lengthily leisurely, idly, slowly, slovenly

焼き立て

やきたて

fresh made, freshly baked, freshly roasted

狼

おおかみ おおかめ おいぬ オオカミ

wolf (Canis lupus) wolf in sheeps clothing, womanizer

ばっちり

perfectly, properly, right on the mark, sure thing

梅干し

うめぼし

dried plum

追い出す

おいだす

to expel, to drive out

違和感

いわかん

uncomfortable feeling, feeling out of place, sense of discomfort malaise, physical unease

程度

ていど

degree, amount, grade, standard, of the order of (following a number), about, approximately

知り合い

しりあい

acquaintance

気付く

きづく

to notice, to recognize, to recognise, to become aware of, to perceive, to realize, to realise

意地

いじ

stubborness, obstinacy, willpower, pride disposition, nature appetite, desire, greed

内緒

ないしょ ないしょう

ones circumstances (esp. fiscal) inner realization, personal enlightenment kitchen confidentiality secret privacy secrecy

辞書

じしょ

dictionary, lexicon letter of resignation dictionary

映像

えいぞう

reflection, image, picture (e.g. on a television), shot video, film, footage, clip, video recording image in ones mind, mental picture

絵本

えほん

picture book

つるつる

ツルツル

slick, slippery, smooth, sleek slurping (noodles)

カフェ

カフェー キャフェ カッフェー カッフェ

cafe, coffeehouse hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

給料

きゅうりょう

salary, wages

籠もる

こもる

to seclude oneself, to be confined in to be filled (e.g. with emotion, satire, etc.), to be heavy (with) to be stuffy to be implied

引く

ひく

to pull to draw (attention, etc.), to attract (interest, etc.) to draw back to draw (a card) to draw (plan, line, etc.) to catch (cold) to play (string instr.) to look up (e.g. dictionary), to consult to haul, to pull (vehicles) to subtract to ebb, to fade to descend (from), to inherit (a characteristic) to quote, to raise (as evidence) to lay (a cable), to draw (a cable) subtract

風邪をひく

かぜをひく

to catch a cold

通じ

つうじ

understanding bowel movement, evacuation

越す

こす

to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across to go over (e.g. with audience) to pass time (e.g. a winter) to surpass, to be better than, to exceed to move house to go, to come

振り向く

ふりむく

to turn ones face, to turn around, to look over ones shoulder

慣れた

なれた

experienced, practiced, practised, familiar