employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
dietary supplement (for sports); energy supplement; nutritional supplement
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
how much; how many; however
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
vegetables high in beta-carotene
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
Niigata (city, prefecture)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
trademark gag; trademark routine
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
torture to death; torment to death
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
way of speaking; intimation
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
to happen to have on hand or in stock