lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
new shop; new store; new restaurant
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)
to get one's head around; to think about
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
how long; how far; how much
signature phrase; signature saying
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
noon; midday; daytime; lunch