adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
World Championships in Athletics
seven lives; seven generations
first place; head position; leading position
situation of one's own doing
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
sugar content (e.g. in degrees Brix)
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
bio-; biotechnology; VAIO (Sony brand-name)
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
to bear fruit; to produce a crop
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
leisure time; idle moment
auto; automobile; automatic; oat; oats
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
material (data) for one's research; research material
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
experimental; provisional
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
large family; extended family
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
to lay out a futon; to make a bed