likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force); general education curriculum
finding employment; getting a job
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
invitation; introduction; temptation
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
interview (e.g. for a job)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of