outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
follow-up report; further news
the other day; a few days ago
the said family; the same family
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
irregular; indeterminate; tramp (steamer)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
in error; by mistake; by accident; accidentally
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to harm; to cause harm to
either way; in any case; one way or another
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
to assemble; to set up; to construct
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
the more one looks (at it) the more...
statistical table or chart
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
human kindness; human weakness
beginning; clue; starting point
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
gold leaf; gold paint; gold glazing
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing