aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
negative aspect; downside; disadvantage
plural; multiple; plural (number)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
for one's true nature to come out
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
paper-thin wafer (for wrapping powdered medicine, candies, etc.)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to sugarcoat; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
reference data; reference material
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
chairmanship; presidency; management; president; chairman
trainer (person who trains people or animals); sweatshirt
to look around; to look towards (us)
personal history; background; career
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
participation; joining; entry
every month; each month; monthly
100,000; hundred thousand
having no money; lack of money
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine