lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
to check; to stop; to keep back
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
lately; recently; nowadays
ready-made; common-law (wife)
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
nature; property; disposition
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub
extension; prolongation; enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
data collecting party; news crew
program (e.g. TV); programme
to have a name entered in the family register
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
piecework that can be done at home; outwork
to ride past (one's stop); to overshoot; to climb over; to get over; to overtake (in a vehicle); to pass