chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to ask a question; to ask questions
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
sudden braking; slamming on the brakes
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
dinner (esp. a formal one)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to understand from experience
fried cake of minced meat
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
very; extremely; absurd; ridiculous; excessive; extreme
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
feminist; man who indulges women; gentleman
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to take back; to recapture
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
war; fighting; fierce competition
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
being bad at communication; being unsociable
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge