Takahashi Issei (1980.12.9-)
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
unlicensed; without a license (licence)
husband and wife; married couple
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
temporary retirement; suspension from office
change of voice (during puberty); break of voice
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
living by oneself; living alone
(for the) first time in one's life
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
disinheritance; disowning
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
tide; current; tendency; trend
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
married woman; another's wife
food and drink; eating and drinking
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
dated; date; fixed; external
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly