fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
employment (long term); hire
vocational school; technical school
digression; many divergences
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
opening and shutting; opening and closing
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
to vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
covered in mud; mud-caked
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
gender preselection; selection of the sex of offspring