bargain or clearance goods (esp. of imperfect produce)
attending (upon); keeping another company
steamed bun with sesame oil and anko filling
America and China; Sino-American
(security) deposit; caution money
8000; eight thousand; many
apologies for the crude food
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
first year of high school; first-year high school student
service area; toll road rest stop; rest area
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
rhyme; lime (tree, fruit) (Citrus aurantifolia); lime (mineral)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
private affairs; personal matter
new building; new construction
pussy (i.e. female genitals); sexual intercourse
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water