jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
refreshing rain once in ten days
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
to scrape off; to shave off
to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
oral instruction or teaching or method
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
to lie deep in; to extend far back
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
dining; dining room; meal
to begin some form of lifestyle
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
very much; exceedingly; extremely
gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction