to face; to go towards; to head towards
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
social studies (school subject)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Japanese language (as a school subject in Japan)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
copier; copy machine; photocopier
material; materials; data; information; documents
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
locker; rocker; rock'n'roller
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
environment; surroundings; circumstances
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
video game; computer game; console game
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why