rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
rising; ascending; climbing
coincident with; while; simultaneously
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
food; food products; foodstuffs
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
new release; putting (a new product) on sale; launch
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
tamago kake gohan; raw egg mixed with white rice, often seasoned with soy sauce
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
finding employment; getting a job
to look down on; to condescend
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to continue to do; to persist in doing
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
each individual; each person
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to play a leading role; to play a central part
(religious) faith; belief; creed