to follow another's example
easy to read; legible; clear
to walk in on; to tread upon
unqualified; without qualifications
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
successive generations; successive emperors
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
general comment; Sohyo (General Council of Trade Unions of Japan)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
cost-effectiveness; price-performance ratio
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.); waving; small fluttering object
a little bit; a little while
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
confections; sweets; candy; cake
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless