ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
exclamation mark; exclamation point
pig farm; hog farm; piggery
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
vocational school; technical school
to amuse oneself; to make merry
as if (something untrue was actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
good wife and wise mother
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
early marriage; marrying young
lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
first-class goods; A-grade product
tarot reading; tarot fortune-telling
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to put oneself in the place of ...; to put oneself in (someone's) shoes
Barnum effect; Forer effect