sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
non-support; disapproval (e.g. in an opinion poll)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
classification; categorization; sorting
contest (of strength or skill)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; manager; boss
bet; wager; stake; gamble
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
half and half; fifty-fifty
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
death rate; mortality rate
one-sided; partial; unfair
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
estimation; criticism; comment
social life; social intercourse
near oneself; close to one; familiar
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first