Matsumoto Seichou (1909.12.21-1992.8.4)
application form (esp. job application)
rate of advancement to the next higher level of education
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
handful; small amount; small number
discipline; punishment; reprimand
pastel color; pastel colour
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
new graduate; recent graduate
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
leaving school during a term
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
the other day; some time ago; recently
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
job hunting; job searching
answering machine; answerphone
female university student; female college student
one's house; one's home; one's family
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to subsist; to keep on living
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of