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
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
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)
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
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
People's Honour Award (honor); National Honour Award
way of dealing with someone; attitude
(the impression of being) soft and flexible
the New Year begins; the New Year starts