courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
light brown; golden brown
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
potbellied sumo wrestler; wrestler with a big belly; goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; sea devil
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to yield to temptation; to succumb
to receive divine punishment
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension