confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures; picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
push-up (exercise); press-up
number of times; frequency; count
to compete with; to vie for
final; eventual; ultimate
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
chili sauce; chilli sauce
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
chicken; chicken game; chicken race
drop (e.g. of water); drip
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
manner of using one's hands
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
in that manner; like that
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
at that (very) moment; just then
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
pearly lustre; pearly luster; iridescence
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma