disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
confections; sweets; candy; cake
advanced level; high grade; senior
one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet
good for the health; healthy; wholesome
assorted grains; cereals; millet
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
mistress; kept woman; concubine
Japan's best; number one in Japan
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to grumble; to make difficulties
line; queue; procession; matrix
on the occasion of; at the time of
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official