on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to bring; to take; to bring about
growing wild (naturally); native
espresso (coffee); expresso
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
body; group; party; company; troupe
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity