to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
one by one; one after another; successively
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
slider; slider (e.g. volume control); slide (e.g. water slide, playground slide); slider (sandwich)
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
no-hit, no-run game; no-hitter
rapids; shallows of a river
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
strikeout; (several) vain attempts; failing despite giving one's best
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
ten; 10; ten years of age
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such