to try out the food at various restaurants
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
articles; supplies (e.g. office supplies); things (for); utensils; goods; equipment
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
response; feeling; worth ...ing; worthwhile ...ing; satisfying to ...
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
arms business; arms dealing; weapons trade; weapons dealing
one life; one's life; one order; one command
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
support; backing; patronage
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(social) class; rank; grade
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
and what is worse; to make matters worse
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
unfairness; injustice; partiality
diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement
person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to try all possible means
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely