beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
loved one; lover; sweetheart
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
all over Japan; throughout Japan
thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
established (certain) fact
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
heat-resistant glass (e.g. Pyrex); refractory glass
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
to face on; to look out on to
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
sash; sliding window frame (esp. metal)
to throw open; to leave open
coffee time; tea time; coffee break
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
two days later; day after next; next day but one
to have a reason; to have an excuse
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification