technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
job; work; duties; trade; skill
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
about; concerning; related to; -ish
kind; sort; species; species
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
living; lifestyle; living room
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
turtleneck; turtle-necked sweater; polo-neck(ed) sweater
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
paid vacation; paid holiday
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
home area; home town; local
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; (lit.) tortoise-shell candy
sewing; needlework; embroidery
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)