shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
to return a favor (favour); to repay
to be profitable; to yield a profit
800,000; eight hundred thousand
deed; act; work; performance
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
stew; food cooked in a pot
desktop; desktop computer; desktop of a computer (the primary screen for most graphical-based computer operating systems)
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
outcast; odd man out; pariah
to not take seriously; to take lightly
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
swindler; imposter; crook
one's original family name; maiden name
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.