to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
hardworking; painstaking; diligent; conscientious; sincere
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
official business; public business
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
cartoon-character costume
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
maid; helper; help; assistance
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to ask a high price; to overcharge
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
fit of anger; temper; rage; firecracker
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
explosion; rupture; break off
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
warp; curvature; curve; arch
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
compensating; making up for; supplementation
cargo; freight; money or assets
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
in this manner; in this way; like this
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)