strike (i.e. industrial action)
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
proud; having a prominent nose
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
origin; source; beginning; starting point
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
circulation of the blood; apprehension
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
servile character (disposition)
female high-school student
to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win
emperor; living god; god incarnate; miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
school of one's (first, second) choice
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
non-slip device (material, tread, etc.); non-skid; anti-slip; back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions); back-up choice; insurance choice
head over heels; headlong; head first
chicken tender; chicken tenderloin
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
your husband; her husband
wearing nothing but an apron; being nude except for an apron
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
divorce; dissolution of adoption
"it was all a dream"-ending
one room apartment; studio apartment
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
article; thing; object; property; real estate
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
profitable; worn-out; crumbling