essence; kernel; spirit; pith
judgment; judgement; discernment
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
offensive (movement); aggression
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
treasure house; treasury; financial supporter; patron; financier
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
epidemic; plague; pestilence
flood of emotions; many thoughts
to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
patriarch; head of a family
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
set of three; three sets; three classes
to put someone to work; to make someone work