sacrifice sale; bargain sale; discount sale
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
Aomori (city, prefecture)
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
opening a business; opening a practice
cut; reduction; curtailment
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
set meal; special (of the day)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
recently; lately; these days