gasoline (money); petrol (cost)
graduation thesis; bachelor's degree thesis
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
insecticide; insect repellent
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
longing for others; wanting company
listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
Lawrence; Laurence; Laurens
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake
McDonald's (fast food restaurant); Mac (personal computer); Macintosh
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
high-pitched tone; soprano
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
to do over; to remake; to resume
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly