to blame; to find fault with
world situation; world affairs
huge rock; massive boulder
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
thick makeup; heavy makeup
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
automatic teller machine; ATM; asynchronous transfer mode; ATM; anti-tank missile; ATM
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
strongish; somewhat strong
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); mother; housewife; (female) pet owner; pet parent
female high-school student
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
putting life into; animating; cheering up
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
receipt; cash-register slip
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
seeing off and meeting on return
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)