captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
distinction; discrimination
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to look dead on the inside; to have a blank expression
willpower; energy; vitality
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
stimulating; exciting; provocative
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
you (plural); all of you; you all
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
that's true; of course; obviously
indicate reason; infers some protest
(another's) daughter; young lady
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
because of; owing to; due to
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
jealousy; roasted rice cake