hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
menu; schedule; program; menu
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
secondary; of secondary importance
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
melasma; chloasma; liver spot
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
real experience; actual observations
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
gem; jewel; precious stone
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
gap moe; attraction or infatuation caused by a "gap" between a person's appearance or expected behavior and their true nature or actions