to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
dishes based on spring onions and tuna
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
it's not like; it isn't as if
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to sweat and slave; to toil away
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
the babyboomers; the baby boom generation
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web