mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
leaving work; clocking out
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
senility; dotage; decrepitude
kyōtei; boat race; hydroplane racing event and gambling sport in Japan
keirin; cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish
proposal; proposition; suggestion
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
external wound; (physical) trauma