advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
metropolitan governor; governor of Tokyo
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
again; once more; a second time
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
black and white; right and wrong
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
leisure time; idle moment
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame