to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
major cleanup; spring cleaning
resolute; determined; bold
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch
something easy to do; cinch
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
way; method; means; resource; course
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
return of something; repayment
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
to appear all together; to be all present
as before; as ever; as it was originally
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
torii; Shinto shrine archway
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
certain; definite; clear; credible
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person