let's not say (such things) to each other
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
more than usual; especially; particularly
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
already known; well-known
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
more than anything; above all else
(attitude of) being ready to take on a challenge; can-do spirit
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
item; commodity; list of articles
to twist a thread; to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
food; food products; foodstuffs
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
emergency press conference; hastily called press conference; impromptu press conference
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
to rise up; to initiate (political) action