call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
stock (of goods); reserve; supply
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
living together; communal life; cohabitation
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
place; room; margin; scope
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
wide difference; a world of difference
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
other than; excluding; without
attendance (at school); going to school
story; tale; talk; discussion
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to join forces with; to cooperate with
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time