loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
editor (in publishing, etc.)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
standard; set; routine; decided
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
second marriage; remarriage
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
piece; fragment; one (object)
living by oneself; living alone
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
university student; college student
income; receipts; revenue
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
one's post; place of work; workplace
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent