incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
answering machine; answerphone
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
curry udon; udon with curry sauce
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
governments of various nations of the world
economic world; financial circles; business community
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
practical problem; practical matter
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
compared to the same month the previous year (e.g. in statistics, sales, electricity usage)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
unconfirmed; unidentified
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
receiving; acceptance; reception