almost; roughly; approximately
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
in proportion to; just as much as
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
still; even now; to this day
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
on the occasion of; at the time of
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
plural; multiple; several
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
not yet known; unknown; strange
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to cook (something) with rice
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
seasoning; flavour; flavor
demanding; difficult; strict