these days; nowadays; recently; lately
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
like this; in this way; as you see
to squeeze out; to wring out
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to put one's strength into
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
Ikameshi (rice-filled squid); stuffed squid
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
bedside; near one's pillow
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
in a ward; within the ward; within the zone; within the district
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
takeout (food); take-out; takeaway; carry-out; to-go
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
broiled eel (usu. mixed into rice)
energy drink; nutritional supplement drink; vitamin drink
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
late at night; at a late hour
harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin
cheating (on one's husband); adultery; male lover (of a married woman); paramour
to shout (in anger); to yell
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal