photograph for passports, ID cards, etc. (usu. 4x3cm)
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
setting a bad example to others
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
board of directors; board of trustees
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
report; notification; registration
public holiday; celebration (of)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
submersion; inundation; being flooded
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
valuable article; valuables
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
chorus; singing in a chorus
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
alone; unaided; away from home
script; screenplay; scenario
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to chase; to run after; to pursue