small prefabricated kitchen in an apartment
cooking; food preparation
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison; as I see it; by my estimate
to become vulgar; to coarsen
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
tension; tensile strength
numbering; numbering machine
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
dark reddish-brown; liver color
conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
inundation; submersion; flood
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
one who furnishes the money
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit
Cthulhu (fictional divinity created by H.P. Lovecraft)
white circle; white star; victory mark
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
counting one's chickens before they've hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
to be erected; to be built
vicious circle; vicious cycle
business trip; official trip
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp