processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
village headman; village mayor
to jump up and down; to hop
to treat; to feast; to provide dinner for
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
sea grapes (Caulerpa lentillifera)
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to be helpful; to be useful
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to have meaning; to be meaningful
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
(social) position; status
that is to say; so that means
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
to come back; to bloom a second time
Busan (South Korea); Pusan
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
being all smiles with joy
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip