oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
memory; ability to remember
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
failure; mistake; blunder
all the questions (in an exam, quiz, etc.)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
essence; true nature; substance; reality
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
championship; title (of champion)
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
tendency; trend; inclination
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
specialization; specialisation
holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
overall victory; championship
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being