stupid idiot; total moron
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
matrimonial happiness; happy marriage
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
distributing; dealing out; apportionment
medium (cooked, roasted, etc.); (of) middle degree; medium; intermediary substance; media
heap; pile; stack; full measure
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
through a (computer, etc.) screen
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like father, like son
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
just because; even if; even though
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
bank; weir; embankment; levee
training wear; sportswear; activewear; tracksuit
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry