congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
to face on; to look out on to
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
secrecy; highly classified information
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
watchful waiting; careful supervision
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
value; worth; virtue; blessing
another time; some other time
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
rational; reasonable; logical
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
unproductive; counterproductive
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
first shrine visit of New Year
commuting to school; school commute
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove