cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
writing; composition; essay; sentence
contradiction; inconsistency
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; nature (of something); character; kind
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
understanding; comprehension
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
accountant; accounting clerk; cashier; treasurer
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
corridor; hallway; passageway
quick work; (clever) feat
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
iroha order; traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary (based on a Buddhist poem)
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
to hide; to keep to oneself
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
getting an advance (on one's salary)