fire station worker; member of a fire station
flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime; flex (in a golf shaft)
to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate
new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
for the present; for the time being
younger people; future generations
answering machine; answer phone
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
to shout (in anger); to yell
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
100,000; hundred thousand
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex