popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
nightcap; a drink before sleeping
celebration; auspicious occasion
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong
fat (of meat); fatty meat
high blood pressure; hypertension
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
Okinawan-style stewed pork spare ribs
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
main temple; main building of a shrine; alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation
scraped skin; graze; grazed skin
beautifully white (esp. of skin); whitening (of skin, teeth, etc.)
having said that; be that as it may
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part