monaural; monophonic; mono
screentone; adhesive mechanical tint
heart pounding; chest tightening
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
second edition; additional printing
well done!; bravo!; zenzai; red bean soup made with azuki beans
terrible luck; very bad luck
in a little while; in a bit
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
sweet (flavour); sweet (of alcohol); sweet (e.g. melody); pleasant (e.g. atmosphere); suite (of rooms); suite
school of one's (first, second) choice
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
job hunting; job searching
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
dream for the future; hopes for the future
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
100,000,000; one hundred million
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
formal marriage interview
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish