culture fluid; culture solution; broth
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
starting point; starting line
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
hand used like a sword in striking
seeing one off; farewell; escort
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to close down a business; to shut a business
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
suspension (usu. vehicle)
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
rationalization; justification
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
eating like a dog; sloppy eating; (arch.) dog fighting
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)