townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
I couldn't care less; not caring less
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
ratio; proportion; percentage
pleasure of looking (at something beautiful or precious); sight for sore eyes; feast for the eyes
wearing nothing but an apron; being nude except for an apron
unspecified large number (of people)
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
pad; padding; pad (of paper); gamepad
limited; limiting; restrictive
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
countermeasure; counter-measure
medical apparatus; medical instruments
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
from the beginning; from scratch
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
gushing out (suddenly); pouring out all at once; bursting out
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
calamity; disaster; misfortune
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction