apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
very loud volume; megavolume
student (esp. a university student)
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
sphere; circle; range; category
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to approach; to draw near
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
interference; intervention; meddling
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
high efficiency; high performance
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to keep (a person) waiting
Windows (Microsoft operating system)
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
inside; interior; inner part
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
electric water boiler; thermo pot; hot water dispenser