health; healthy; sound; fit
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
proposal; proposition; suggestion
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
an assortment; combination
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
living; lifestyle; living room
to become pale; to turn pale
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
(apportioning) in small amounts
to manage something successfully; to be successful
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave