innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
a morning drink (of sake)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
number of times; frequency; count
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
the place for; the time for; the level of
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine