unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to work hard; to make an effort
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to detain; to check; to restrain
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
the more one looks (at it) the more...
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
(event) planner; (event, meeting) organizer; producer
to become desperate; to give in to despair
fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
kiwi (Apteryx spp.); kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
confections; sweets; candy; cake
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)