to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
selling by measure; selling by weight; selling by volume
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
in the end; on top of that
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
external; superficial; outward; surface
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
the study or science of religion; religious studies
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
oral examination; interview
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
wife who is older than her husband
studying very hard; studying like mad
to take up one's residence
true state; actual condition; reality
close; intimate; on good terms
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
in its entirety; whole; wholly
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
to cause someone to worry
sympathy; empathy; response
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
engagement; business; affair; use; need