to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
possibility; potential; expandability
graduation ceremony; commencement
February; second month of the lunar calendar
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
bad example; bad precedent
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
ambitious; motivated; willful
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to need; to call for; to require
action committee; executive committee
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
manners; behavior; behaviour
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from