mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
serialization; serialisation; serial story
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
seashore; beach; food wrapped in nori
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
young person; youth; young
police officer; policeman; policewoman
grandfather; male senior-citizen
source (of a river, etc.)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to watch steadily; to stare
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
Baekje (ancient Korean kingdom; 18 BCE-660 CE); Paekche
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
gas station; petrol station; filling station
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark