fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; hanger-on; follower; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
to make a habit of; to make it a practice to
cooked rice with added ingredients (meat, vegetables, etc.)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
hard worker; hardworking person
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
with a click (of a button or switch); with a snap; crisply; one (small protrusion, hole, etc.); single; shortly
toilet; lavatory; powder room
dressed bread; bread to which something has been added (sandwich, pirogi, etc.); stuffed bread (rolls, buns, etc.)
locker; rocker; rock'n'roller
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
water's edge; beach; shore
coming out (disclosing one's sexual orientation or gender identity); revealing (e.g. something embarrassing); disclosure; announcement
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
protest action; protest movement
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
intensive training; extra hard training
person who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
ventriloquism; throwing one's voice
shabu-shabu; hot pot dish where thinly sliced meat is boiled quickly and then dipped in sauce
well-known store; famous shop
deluxe; digital transformation
one-year-old; one year old