trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
the whole store; all stores
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
superior; excellent; fine
Japan's best; number one in Japan
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to throw into; to dump in together
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
decoration; ornament; trimmings
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
not at all tense; relaxed; calm
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice