clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
older brother; elder brother
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
tele; Terret (wine grape variety)
to say; to be called; to do
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
ago; since; before; previous
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
March; third month of the lunar calendar
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
greeting; a fine thing to say
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
clear; precise; definite; distinct
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
solution; solution strategy
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual