same kind (race); homogeneousness
sudden outbreak; accidental; incidental
homecoming; return to one's home
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
one's post; place of work; workplace
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
stranger; person from abroad
to sniff out; to get wind of
for use by children; for children
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
money management technique; zaitech
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
cultural assets; cultural property
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
absolutely; positively; decidedly
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to cut corners; to be shoddy
nothing but; none other than
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege