astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
to go with the flow; to go with the times
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
keen; eager; enthusiastic; motivated; determined; positive
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect
will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
lying down; down!; lie down!
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
help; assistance; service
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
limited; restricted; constrained
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
sampling food; tasting; trying
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
bell pepper (esp. green); green pepper; sweet pepper; capsicum
to eat too much; to overeat
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
acid; sourness; sour taste
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
to be common (of things or occurrences); to be commonplace; to be found everywhere
department store; department