measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
Japanese reading of a Chinese character
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to burst (open); to break; to split
every evening; every night
to grow hoarse; to become husky
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
essence; the best; chic; smart; considerate; understanding
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
making practical; making useful; implementing
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
man of the future; Homo futurus
hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
narrow-minded; small-minded; close-minded; intolerant
wise saying; famous saying
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask you
moneylending; moneylender
stationery store; stationery shop; stationer's
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
environmental problem; environmental issue
price increase; rise in price
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant