pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
technical book; specialized book; treatise
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
mission; delegation; mission (assignment); (religious) mission; mission school; transmission (in a motor vehicle)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
buzzing (e.g. of insects); chirring; whirring (e.g. of a reel); humming (of electronics); hissing
cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
all you want; as much as one wants
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
having gone too far to turn back
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows
attendance; presence; appearance
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to kidnap; to abduct; to drag (someone to an event or place); to force (someone) to go (to)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
hello; good day; good afternoon
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded