ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
anything and everything; just about everything
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
in succession; one after another
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
control; check; restraint; inhibition
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to be conspicuous; to stand out