stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to stiffen; to become stiff
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
in its entirety; whole; wholly
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to drop; to lose; to let fall
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
waist bag; belt bag; fanny pack; bum bag
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
go that far; to that extent
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
future (usually near); prospects
finding employment; getting a job
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
the reverse; other side; lining
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion