upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
top university; leading university; first-rate university
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
report; notification; registration
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
to employ; to hire; to charter
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess