by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
masher; potato masher; bean masher
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take
it hasn't been long since
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
forwarding agency; express company
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
early closing; finishing (work) early
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
gas mask; air-purifying respirator
sobering up; method of sobering up
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
field mouse; meadow mouse
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
reserving; storing; setting aside; laying away
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground