cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
schedule; program; programme; agenda
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
story; tale; talk; discussion
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
letter; missive; note; mail
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
to make an appeal; to urge
management; administration; operation
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
utmost limit; extremity; result
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
future (usually near); prospects
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed