big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
role of the villain; the bad guy
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
school building; schoolhouse
to jump from one thing to another
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
interval; break; pause; spare moment
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
feminine; womanly; female
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
real thing; original; actual
trauma (usu. psychological)
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
all sorts of; all kinds of
female university student; female college student
the place for; the time for; the level of
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement