agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
evening meal; supper; dinner
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
being on stage without respite; performing continuously; staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
most part; greater part; majority
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
... and eastward; east of
... and westward; west of
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
electronic piano; digital piano
unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands
being carried out; being put into practice; in operation
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)