hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
maid; helper; help; assistance
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
fit of anger; temper; rage; bang snap
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation
cargo; freight; money or assets
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
in this manner; in this way; like this
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity
no!; no no!; no, not at all
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People