ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
occasional; infrequent; rare
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
in that way; thus; so; so?
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
process; course; mechanism
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
such; like that; that sort of; very
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit