rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to bring someone to grief; to give someone hell
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
moderate (view, politics, etc.); temperate; sensible; sober; non-radical
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
network disturbance; communication failure; telecommunication malfunction
disciplinary measures; (judicial) sanctions
solidarity; joint; collective
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
government sources; official quarters
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
counter for choices, options, etc.
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
food; food products; foodstuffs
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully