faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to arrange (one's) shoes (e.g. in a genkan)
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
killing and wounding; bloodshed
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
end of a match; end of a game
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
suspension bridge; rope bridge
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
secret; private; surreptitious
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)