seedling; young plant; rice seedling
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
every year; yearly; annually
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
store; reserve; stock; savings
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
they; those guys; those fellows
race (of people); type of person
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring