monaural; monophonic; mono
introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay a debt after achieving success
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
to perceive; to understand
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
and; thereupon; because of that
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
mail; postal matter; postal item
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
questionnaire; survey; poll
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
smoothly; easily; readily
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
food; food products; foodstuffs
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
episode; anecdote; vignette
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on