at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
supply; provision; raising; procurement
early to bed early to rise
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
electric water boiler; thermo pot; hot water dispenser
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for