bento; Japanese box lunch
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
to increase; to add to; to augment
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
supportive (role); assistant; assisting
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
materials; data; document
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
contract; compact; agreement
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)