freshly boiled (rice); freshly cooked; steaming; piping hot
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
insect catching; bug catching
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
reason; logic; method; system; order
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
in parentheses; in brackets; parenthesized; bracketed
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
established practice; custom
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
(carved) statue; sculpture
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
to exaggerate; to overstate
distant place; faraway location; far away
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
completely empty; penniless; flat broke
loser; defeated person; the defeated
pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport
human speech; human language; sound of people talking
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)