famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
ill-bred; poorly brought up
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
usage; way to use; utilization
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
have a good day; take care; see you
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
one by one; one each; one at a time
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
putting one's courage to the test
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
certain evidence; definite evidence
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)