secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
to forget to put in; to leave out
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
enlightened generation; millennial generation lacking ambition and material desire
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
name of a magazine; name of a journal
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
bento; Japanese box lunch
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
new store; newly-opened store
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
strong reaction (against); (transplant) rejection
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
the front; honest; upright; decent
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
contemporary writing; modern text; modern Japanese writing; modern Japanese (as a school subject); literature written since the Meiji period
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
ancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period
smoothly; easily; readily
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary