in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
good performance; good work; great success
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
moderately; in moderation
comparatively; relatively
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
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
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
method of bringing up; method of raising
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
illegitimate child; secret love child
young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.