interested person; volunteer; supporter
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
ability to get things done
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
Ajinomoto; brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
very; extremely; excessively
to watch intently; to stare
stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
narrow, long, and thin pieces of wood strung together that were used to write on in ancient times
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
vertical line; bar line (e.g. in music)
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)