to be away from home; to be out of the house
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
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
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
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
convenience store lunch box
one day; (on) a certain day
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
(not so) much; (not) very
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to be saved up (of money)
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
first year of high school; first-year high school student
minority group (party); minority
equality; uniformity; evenness
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
being good at cooking; good cook
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to show up; to appear; to turn up