necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
school festival; campus festival
fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
scene; spectacle; sight; view
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support
Swiss roll; jelly roll; roll cake
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
recently; lately; these days
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
chink in the armor (armour)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
working adult; full-fledged member of society
home delivery (of food); outside catering
ramen soup topped with slices of roasted pork
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
Chinese-style stir-fried vegetable noodle soup
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud