chorus; singing in a chorus
refined taste; elegant pursuits
high mountain; alpine mountain
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
cut wound; incised wound; knife wound
idiot; dummy; slow person
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
water that has been used to wash rice
change; transformation; inversion
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
mass production of inferior goods
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
to be perturbed; to be agitated
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line
low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); long-tailed
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)
passage; path; route; one's way
small grain; small stature or ability
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
house; dwelling; human habitation
edge of the eaves; house frontage
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky