arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
baked pastry topped with a mix of custard and merengue
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
etc.; et cetera; and so on
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
high grade; special grade; classy
one grade; first-class; primary
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
population; number of items, articles, etc.
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
custom; habit; customary practice
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
even if not; even without
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
posterity; future life; life to come
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse