keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
research; study; investigation
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
the right person in the right place
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
skill; proficiency; dexterity; flattery
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
public corporation; public housing
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
older employee who does not have much actual work
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to install; to equip; to mount; to fix (in place); to set up
(electric) torch; flashlight
now that; since; so long as; because
afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece