seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
rise; improvement; uptrend
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
degree of familiarity; popularity
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like