to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
auto race; motorcycle speedway event and gambling sport in Japan
not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; (lit.) falling seven times, getting up eight times; the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life
metropolitan tramway; tram operated by the metropolitan government (esp. Tokyo)
placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary); depositing ashes
Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
first thing in the afternoon
dishwashing; doing dishes
diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
mesh; grid; highlight in the hair; streaked hair
to let slip; to slide; to glide
to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)
to reach an agreement; to come to an understanding; to compromise (with); to get along well with
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
squared timber; rectangular lumber
biological parent; real parent
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (golf club); mine shaft; pit
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
packing; crating; packaging
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
to overdo; to do too much
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless