cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
accidental death; casualty
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
trouble; bother; annoyance
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
boxing; packing into a box; something packed into a box
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
striking; remarkable; considerable
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind