lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga); myoga ginger; mioga ginger
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
solemn; respectful; reverent; silent; quiet
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
with a start; with a jump
walking heavily; lumbering
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front