glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
rural beauty; rusticity; rustic beauty
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
rosary; string of prayer beads
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
now that you say that; now that you mention it
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
joint struggle; common (united) front
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to be greedy; to devour greedily
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?