lacking potential for advancement; no-hoper
to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
jingle; ding; ringing of small bells
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
counter for things inside a bag
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
diabetes; diabetes mellitus
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
opposite bank; farther shore
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
to leave this world; to die
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
tacit; unspoken; implicit
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
and; AND (Boolean operator)