grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
People's Honour Award (honor); National Honour Award
decision; settlement; definition
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
traffic restrictions; traffic control
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
carrion; decaying flesh; tainted meat
sense of smell; olfaction
entertainment reporter; entertainment journalist; gossip columnist
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to walk away; to walk off
to reflect; to throw back light
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
paper tape; paper streamer
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap