sports-minded; sports-oriented
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
to project; to stick out; to stand out
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
natural product; product of nature
(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar
block (of wood); chip; splinter
fungal filament; hypha; hyphae
culture medium; growth medium
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
stealthily; secretly; in secret
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
while being out of the office or away from home
toadstool; poisonous mushroom
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter