area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
(under) metropolitan government management
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to turn right; to turn to the right
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
bento; Japanese box lunch
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
to paint in different colors (for different purposes) (colours)
opposite side; opposition
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
to indicate; to show; to point to
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden; Shinjuku Gyo-en
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)