fate (safety) of a person (persons) being unknown
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
personal record; personal best
difficult to eat; unpalatable
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
job hunting; job searching
answering machine; answerphone
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
ahead; before; the future
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku