piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
next term; next period; next version; next release
attendance; presence; appearance
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
hindrance; obstacle; impediment; annoyance (to others); offence; harm
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
unceasing; never-ending; endless
defense; defence; fielding
course; route; path; process; stages
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
notes; comment; remark; annotation
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
customer traffic; customers; custom