cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
nothing but; except; no more than
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
one grain; one drop; one bead
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
subway; metro; underground (railway)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to have one's horizons broadened
Chūō Ward (Borough, etc.) (in several cities)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
bento; Japanese box lunch
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
each house; every house; house to house; door to door
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice