wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
extremely talented; very gifted
lost child department; place to bring lost children to
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
baton (of command); order; command; direction
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to run around; to bustle about
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
blank column; blank space
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
die all together; go to the grave together
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
(your) daughter; young woman
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
to attack; to assault; to assail
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious