startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
commitment; pledge; promise
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
supreme; sublime; highest
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
outsider; someone outside of a group
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
reform; reformation; reorganization
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
namasu; dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
bento; Japanese box lunch
exclusive; attached to; specialist
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability