dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
the same ratio or percentage
emphasis; stress; main point; point of a lever where force is applied
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
supreme command; direction over all
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
to be itching to put one's skills to use
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
death from cold; freezing to death
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
things at hand; personal belongings
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
number two; mistress; concubine
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to look down on; to make light of
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic