home area; home town; local
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
indulging in every possible luxury
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
margin for a seam; seam allowance
correction; rectification; mending; repair
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to half-rise to one's feet
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to yield to temptation; to succumb
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to be filled to bursting; to burst
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)
jokingly; in the form of a joke
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to be embarrassed; to lose face
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
English (language); English
fluent (in a language); flowing
command of English; proficiency in English; knowledge of English
junior high school student; middle school pupil
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level