manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
resolution (of a display, printer, scanner, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
expression; presentation; representation; notation
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life