high grade; special grade; classy
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
tradition; legend; folklore
to temper thoroughly; to train well
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
to strike out; to start swimming
to attempt; to test; to try out
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
tail (animal); tail end; tip
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
transcendence; excellence; superiority
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
earnings from a part-time job
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
if you think about it; come to think of it
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
bunch of flowers; bouquet
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man