to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
mythical Japanese hominid (similar to yeti or Bigfoot)
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
ASIMO (bipedal robot created by Honda)
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to die; (lit.) to become bones
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
traditional art; traditional performance art
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
(inner) bottom of a pot; lingering recession