high-grade sake; fine drink
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
proposal; proposition; suggestion
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
kitchen; financial situation; finances
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
number of times; frequency; count
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
ongoing; in progress; afoot