diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
to compete with; to vie for
hard to get; hard to come by
excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
fluent (in a language); flowing
homecoming; returning home
identification papers; ID
voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
instability; insecurity; crankiness
internal (domestic) affairs
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
possible; likely; probable
independence; self-reliance
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to leave a dish half-eaten
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
large serving; large portion
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
(Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit
a little bit; a little while
to eat too much; to overeat