secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
demodulation; recovery; getting back to form
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
servant; manservant; menial
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
fields (of rice and other crops)
agricultural community; farm village; rural
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
degenerate; pervert; deviant
wicked tongue; abusive language
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
reduction by half; halving
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)