vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
homeless person; vagabond; tramp
robotic vacuum cleaner; robovac; Roomba
water filter; water purification system
branch office; agency; sub-branch
sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board
evening edition (of a daily newspaper); evening paper
large quantity; large amount
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
no match for; cannot compete with; cannot stand; cannot bear; unable to do; cannot do
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
chicken katsu; chicken cutlet
dish dressed with sesame sauce
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
to be led by; to be headed by
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa); perilla; beefsteak plant
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
dishwashing; doing dishes
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
street at night; making a night journey
man who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her; supernatural wolf stalking humans in the woods
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
to come back; to bloom a second time
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
shredded kombu; Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)