unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
opening ceremony (of the school term)
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
my husband; one's family; family member
to find out; to discover; to detect
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
one's own child; one's own children
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
good impression; favorable impression
older sister and younger brother
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
length (of an animal); body length
in deep black; in jet black
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner