invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
convenience store lunch box
shopping; purchased goods
one day; (on) a certain day
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to attempt; to test; to try out
(not so) much; (not) very
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
to be saved up (of money)
those (near the second person)
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to some extent; to a certain extent
to ask; to enquire; to query
first year of high school; first-year high school student
minority group (party); minority
equality; uniformity; evenness
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate