materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
as before; as ever; as it was originally
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
to carry; to bring (to a place)
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
many; a lot; much; multitude
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
early (days); initial stage; initial
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
large amount of money; great cost
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to watch steadily; to stare
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook