sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
souvenir store; gift shop
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
utmost limit; extremity; result
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to waste time; to kill time
nonetheless; nevertheless
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
to find out the truth; to ascertain; to clarify; to confirm; to verify
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to be needed; to be wanted
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
marbling print; paper marbling
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
personage; person (deserving of respect)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly