to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
washing machine (laundry)
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
good performance; good work; great success
university student; college student
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
already; now; no longer; not any more
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
no matter how much time passes
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
shopping; purchased goods
pre-war days; before the war
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
business school (in a university); faculty of commerce
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)