first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
nutritional value; food value
influence; clout; leverage
good prospects; full of hope; promising
Aomori (city, prefecture)
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
proper; right; reasonable
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
teacher employment examination
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
burnable garbage; burnable waste
nonburnable garbage; nonflammables
recyclable garbage; recyclable waste
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tin foil
hard worker; hardworking person
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba); dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with