fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
to be complacent; to look self-satisfied
over-fond parent; doting parent
steady progress; rapid advance
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
boiled and half-dried bonito
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
dog-friendly café; eatery which allows people to bring their pet dogs and provides separate menus for dogs and their owners
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
personal; inter-personal; anti-personnel (e.g. weapon, mine); anti-human; personal liability (e.g. insurance)
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
patience; endurance; perseverance
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
health management; health maintenance; health care
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit
attenuation; damping; decay
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
ice house; ice room; cold room
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
equipment; fixtures; furnishings; fittings; furniture; supplies
to call out; to ask someone to come
apparent temperature; "feels like" temperature
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to fit (inside something)
unconfirmed; indeterminate; undetermined; uncertain; undecided; unsettled