comfort; consolation; diversion
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
general public; the masses
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
job hunting; job searching
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
opinion; point of view; visual point
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to make merry; to be festive
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
information technology; IT
construction; architecture (of buildings)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
carefree; free from worry
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
graduate school entrance examination
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only