placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
to make merry; to be festive
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
progress; advance; improvement; development
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
full of openings; half empty; (cutting) sharply; cleanly; (arch.) (progressing) smoothly
one grain; one drop; one bead
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties
grilled eggplant; fried eggplant
with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)
regional cuisine; local cuisine
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
two (long cylindrical things)
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
unceremonious party; free and easy gathering; party with no regard for formal etiquette or status
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance