painful / イタい: (slang) cringy; embarrassing

Alternative spelling of 目糞 (“gound; rheum; eye mucus”)

Synonym of たまらない (tamaranai)

tamarind

(often with negative) to refrain; to restrain oneself

pile, pool, such as a pool of water / gathering place, a place where people come together / waiting place for a sumo wrestler outside the ring / Short for 溜まり醤油. tamari soy sauce

(rare) be stir-fried, be sautéed

pain

(と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)

to seem, to appear