abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
already known; well-known
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
confections; sweets; candy; cake
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
to walk away; to walk off
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all