rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce; salty rice cracker
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to look down on; to condescend
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
woman who forced her husband into marriage
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
narrow-minded; small-minded; close-minded; intolerant
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae); trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre; bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships)
variety of goods; number of articles
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
on countless occasions; many a time
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to sniff out; to catch the scent of
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
karoshi; death from overwork
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
easygoing; optimistic; conceited