declaration of war; proclamation of war
ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick
completely submerged (e.g. in water); completely soaked (e.g. with rain)
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
way of training; method of bringing up children
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
preface; foreword; preamble
proper (appearance, posture, etc.); correct; neat; straight; upright
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
report of death; notification of a death
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
big talk; boasting; bragging
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
urgent; pressing; exigent
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
Bon and year-end festivals
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
abundant harvest; bumper crop
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
naughty; mischievous; unruly
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
squared timber; rectangular lumber
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing