to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
water damage; flood disaster
unless one ...; if one does not ...
suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation
salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
entrance to a bay; mouth of a bay
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
facing south; southern exposure
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to smile with one's whole face; to squint
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to close (one's eyes); to shut
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
colonization; colonisation
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
soda pop (esp. fruit-flavored); pop; (fizzy) lemonade; sweet carbonated drink
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
cargo; freight; money or assets
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up