2nd day of the month; two days
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to find out; to discover; to locate
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
electricity; (electric) light
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child
bento; Japanese box lunch
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
(some) more; even more; longer; further
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)