to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
left side; left-hand side
right side; right-hand side
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
payment (of taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
account book; register; ledger
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
to spend time (on doing something)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
particularly; only; in the case of
answering machine; answerphone
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
trivial; not amounting to much
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
upper floor (of a high-rise building)
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
littering; (carelessly) tossing away