gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
boasting of one's strength
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to pile up; to accumulate
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
talented person; clever person
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
underground lake; subterranean lake
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
student (esp. a university student)
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.