provision (of money or goods); furnishing; conferral; payment; delivery; benefit
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
Japanese man (esp. with traditional, masculine values); Japanese manhood
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
to use (the same thing) for multiple purposes; to reuse; to work (someone) hard; to order around
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
cosmetics; beauty products; toiletries; makeup
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
future prospects; promise
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
overanxiety; needless worry
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
going through; going via; going by way of
three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row
freighter (vessel); cargo ship
container (e.g. shipping); skip
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case; compact car
installation (esp. software)
based on; built on; made from
technical; technological; practical
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship