lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
absence; disregard; indifference
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
that; the matter in question
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
whole nation; whole land; whole country
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to torment; to harass; to tease
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to pass (of time); to elapse
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
(exercising) the right to command
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)