vehement objection; bitter opposition
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
admiration; being impressed (by)
to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
class; heading; group; category
wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
second marriage; remarriage
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
foreign residents of Japan; foreigners living in Japan
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
feces; faeces; excrement; stool
stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)
light-emitting diode; LED
jingle (in a TV or radio commercial)
to wave a flag; to show the way
round straw mat; sitting in a circle
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
secret intelligence; underground information; confidential information; inside information
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure