killing three birds with one stone
precondition; prerequisite
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to get narrower; to contract
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
stairs; stairway; staircase
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
momentum; amount of exercise
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
starvation; famine; hunger
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
one meal; one meal (a day)
somewhat below; slightly below
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
plate of assorted sashimi; selection of sashimi
leisure; leisure time; spare time
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
going to bed; retiring (for the night)