to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
volunteer activities; volunteerism
act of mercy; helping another person
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
orphan; person without friends
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
distilled liquor; spirits
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
sales; selling; marketing
raw materials; ingredients
clear writing; specification
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to be intimate with; to befriend
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
addition; adding; supplement
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline