artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to get drunk; to become tipsy
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
pink; erotic; blue; pornographic
to rain incessantly; to downpour
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
rest; break; recess; intermission
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
being bad at communication; being unsociable
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
small hill; low hill; hillock
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
change; alteration; modification
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
local specialty; special product (of a region)
relation; connection; relevance
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze