rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
healthy; sound; wholesome
to blow through; to blow across
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
classical form of martial art
try; attempt; try (rugby)
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
evident; plain; distinct; clear
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel