hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
light brown; golden brown; tan
(physical) growth; development
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
reason; cause; history; origin
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
the lower classes; the common people
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
beautiful breasts; well-shaped breasts
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
Wagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef
first-rate; finest quality; the best
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
comfort; consolation; diversion
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal