formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
Japanese person; Japanese people
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
difference; discrepancy; variation
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)
like this; this sort; this way
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
to get distracted; to jump off the track
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
social; societal; societary
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)