face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
Summer Triangle (asterism)
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
Star of Death (nickname for Alcor)
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
word; term; language; speech
major subject; special study
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
NEC (IT and electronics corporation)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
company president; manager; director
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
Italian; Italian food; Italian cuisine
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
radioactivity; radiation; radioactive material
threat; intimidation; menace
rather than; more ... than ...
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
jūbako; multi-tiered food box