cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
headquarters; head office; main office
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
difficult to ...; hard to ...
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
sympathy; compassion; pity
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
outrageous lie; outright lie
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
repentance; confession; penitence
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
heating; application of heat
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do