to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
cable television; cable TV
onion soup au gratin; French onion soup
to worry about the future
to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others
to cook (esp. grains such as rice, by boiling); to finish cooking
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
number of people to be admitted or accepted
chili pepper; chilli pepper
keeper of imperial archives; worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
Rikuō (former province located in parts of present-day Aomori and Iwate prefectures)
the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
vulgar; mean; base; coarse; crude
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
alternating; taking turns
old-fashioned person; old-timer; old fogey
the reverse; other side; lining
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
to say incorrectly; to use the wrong words; to make a slip of the tongue; to forget to say; to miss one's chance to say
to reform (oneself); to conduct oneself well
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor