bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
before god; before an altar
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
one's later years; final years (in life)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
flare skirt; flared skirt
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
considerably; greatly; a lot
being in love with each other
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
apartment building; housing complex
person living alone; single person; bachelor; spinster; unmarried person
studio apartment; studio flat
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant