custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
overall victory; championship
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
be (that) as it may; having said that
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to lose one's way; to get lost
dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
school affairs; religious affairs
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to escape from; to get out
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited