collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
go that far; to that extent
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to bring back; to restore
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
order; sequence; procedure
late at night; small hours of the morning
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
business hours; opening hours; office hours
long ago; already; a long time ago
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
journal; magazine; periodical
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
to lean against; to set against
low dining table; tea table
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)