to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
first generation; founder
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
milking; milker; milkmaid
inside one's heart; in one's mind
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to recall; to remember; to recollect
honorific/polite/humble prefix
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to make merry; to be festive
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
interference; intervention; meddling
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
aggressiveness; aggression
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
in a day; in a brief space of time
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
censorship; inspection; examination