polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
few decades; many decades; several decades
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
jamming; interference; cross talk
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
severe earthquake; violent tremor
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
Everyone is safe (all right)
indescribable; having no way to express
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
multiplication table; times table
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; MLIT
scheduled date; expected date; date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
another name; nickname; alias; synonym
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
ammunition depot; ammunition dump; powder magazine
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally