to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
study; pursuit of knowledge
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
delicious; appetizing; appetising
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr; irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; (arch.) crying of a baby
outrageous lie; outright lie
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
sun; saint; San (people); son
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down