hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
one meal; one meal (a day)
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
sound of a button or switch being pressed
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
weightlessness; zero gravity
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
physical work; manual labour (labor)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
number of persons; personnel
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
sheath heater; electric coil heater contained in metal tube
great hurry; great haste; rush