yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
aitchbone (meat); round; hip
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
(in) her way; peculiar to her
shoe sore; foot blister (caused by shoes)
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
genuine article; real thing; real deal
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
as (for); for; in the capacity of
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
indicate reason; infers some protest
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
future (usually near); prospects
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
just because; even if; even though
flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower
customization; customisation
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)