food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
practical problem; practical matter
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
stuffed specimen; taxidermy mount; stuffing; mounting
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
interior design; interior; upholstery
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
fall; drop; descent; coming down
leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
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
enemy territory; hostile place
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
failing to recognize someone; underestimation (of someone's ability); not realizing someone's skill
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
rather than; more ... than ...
surname; family name; last name
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over