originally; by nature; from the start
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
department store; department
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
near; close; beside; third person
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
excursion; round trip; seasonal migration (of fish, etc.)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
semi-transparent; translucent
plastic bag; polyethylene bag
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances