ready-made; common-law (wife)
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
decontamination (e.g. from chemical or radioactive contamination)
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat
first day of summer (approx. May 6)
succession to another's professional name
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
(of juice, etc.) "from concentrate"
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
dining; dining room; meal
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
treating bed hair; hair product for treating bed hair
frying or baking something thick (e.g. thick omelette)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
meal; Emperor's meal; meal of a noble; high-quality (of a food or drink); premium