statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
story; tale; talk; discussion
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
silence (not speaking); muteness
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
creeper (creeping plant); trailer (trailing plant); climber (climbing plant); vine
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
substrate; base material; matrix; backing; carrier
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring