intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
bribe; sweetener; douceur
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
(social) position; status
(political) power; authority; influence
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
is something that; is that which
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
to trample; to crush underfoot
variety show (e.g. on TV)
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
light-emitting diode; LED
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
what is called; what they call; so-called
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
misfortunes never come singly