to become empty; to be emptied
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
shut-in; stay-at-home; recluse; (lit.) security officer of one's own home
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
chain store; retail chain; restaurant chain
izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
flashy; gaudy; flamboyant
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
to do a silly thing; to do something stupid
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
replacement; substitution; rebuilding; changing
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
course; route; path; process; stages
people; citizens; subjects; folk
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)