shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
to escape death; to be saved from death
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
new book; new publication
European countries; European nations
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
fact; truth; understanding; consideration
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
straightforwardly; being outspoken
new government; new administration
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
integrated circuit; IC; interchange
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
minority group (party); minority
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
way of eating; how to eat
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to express (in words); to confess
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)