getting points (e.g. in games, shopping)
true character; real nature
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet
like this; this sort; this way
bill (at a restaurant); check
natural material; natural ingredient
naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation; natural wood
Japanese name (esp. for a plant or animal)
Japanese blue oak (Lithocarpus glaber)
Japanese stone oak (Lithocarpus edulis)
evergreen tree; (an) evergreen
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
smooth (i.e. without problems)
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling game)
bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with green stalks); pak choi
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
reasonable (price, fee, fare, rate, etc.); reasonably priced; affordable; reasonable (judgment, policy, response, etc.); appropriate; sensible
to eat a lot; to have a good appetite; appetizing
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
health management; health maintenance; health care
fat (of meat); fatty meat
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
examiner (e.g. patent examiner)
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
visual confirmation; sighting