encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
Caetano Veloso (1969 album)
leaving everything up to someone else
Shizuoka-cha; prized Japanese green tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
older employee who does not have much actual work
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
test-playing (of a video game before release or purchase); playing a demo
one stride; single stride; short distance
all over; given in; given up hope; bring to knees
mist sauna; lower-temperature sauna
purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)
twisting (thread, etc.); twisted yarn; twisted thread; twine
result; fruit (of); product (of)
daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground
Pocari Sweat (sports drink)
school for the handicapped; special school
quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority
to settle (in a place); to settle down
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
be absorbed in deep thought; be sunk in thought
dishwasher; dishwashing machine
chickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean