interior design; interior; upholstery
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship
scale; scope; plan; structure
finding employment; getting a job
preparatory phase; preparatory period
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
(abbr) Harvard (University)
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
anthology; collection of works
to graduate from a university
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
large serving; large portion
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
tool; implement; means; furniture
electrically powered; electric
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to pick up; to find; to gather
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration
to repaint; to paint again
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
person who is satisfied with their real (offline) life; normie
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
fast-talking; rapid talking
too much; excessively; too
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
(accidentally) peeing out of excitement; excitement urination
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing