salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
(right at the) side; just beside
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
around the clock; day and night
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
bedding that is never put away during the day; permanently laid-out futon
(battery) charger; AC adapter
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to become dim; to become blurred
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
bedside; near one's pillow
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
completely; entirely; totally
calm; composed; cool; quiet
grotesque; disgusting; gross
slaughter (of livestock for meat); butchery
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
preface; introduction; preamble