rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
anything and everything; just about everything
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to understand each other well; to relate to; to strike a sympathetic chord
business results; business performance
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
plastic; pula (currency of Botswana)
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
during a telephone call; busy line
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
interrupting a game; time out
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
killer; destroyer; annihilator; seducer; seductress; tempter
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
to be profitable; to yield a profit
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough