finished product; finished goods; completed article
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
to remove the scum (from a broth or liquid); to skim (a liquid)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling game)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
various places; several sources
forced repatriation; deportation
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
things to be washed; (dirty) dishes; laundry; washing
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
set of tools (implements); kit; outfit
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
fatty cut (esp. of tuna belly)
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
stingy; cheap; very frugal
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
ecstatic; excited; painfully (of a headache); stinging; ice-cold (beer, etc.); noisily (chirping, barking, etc.)