rice cultivation; rice farming
Chinese numerals; kanji numerals
Chomolungma (Mt. Everest)
oldest; most advanced age
additional printing (esp. of books, etc.); additional run
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
month-long period; (during) month
cunning; wiliness; craftiness
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
last chapter (book, etc.)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
most recent work (e.g. book, film, etc.); latest work; latest offering
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
hand net; dip net; scoop net
to underrate; to make light of
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time