ability; performance; efficiency
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
to let down one's hair; to undo hair
external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing
Boys' Day celebration (May 5); Dragon Boat Festival (China)
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
anything and everything; just about everything
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
going to the United States
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
to return evil for good; to return a favor with spite
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
shopaholic; compulsive buying; shopaholicism
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
one room apartment; studio apartment
living by oneself; living alone
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit