decision; determination; resolution
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
imposing stance; daunting pose
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
second day of the month; two days
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
living; lifestyle; living room
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
boneless pork rib; boned pork rib
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close