tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
jobless university graduate
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
tab (character); tabulation alignment; tabulation; tub
power; authority; jurisdiction
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
sponging (e.g. off one's parents); sponger
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
to apologize; to apologise
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
to be worn out (from domestic life)
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
laughing foolishly; cackling
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
front basket (e.g. on a bicycle)
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
the whole day; all the day
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
educational institution; school; academy; campus
principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking