lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
to sew up; to sew together
chief brewer at a sake brewery
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)
middle of the night; dead of night
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
(United States of) America; USA
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water
engineering firm; contractor
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
without holding anything back; mercilessly; relentlessly; energetically; vigorously
to get late; to advance; to wear on
sobriety; soberness; sober face
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
simplified version; abridged edition
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to have time free; to have time to spare
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
pull; patronage; tug; discount
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively