praise; glorification; extolment
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
negotiations; discussions; connection
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
at least; at most; (even) just
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
vague recollection; faint memory
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry