center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
pitching ability; counter for pitches
several years; a few years
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
three; three years of age
choices; alternatives; options
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to apologize; to apologise
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
three; three years of age
earth-friendly; ecological; sustainable
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
too much; excessively; too
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
starting point; point of departure
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
patient's condition; pathology
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
potato (Solanum tuberosum)