to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
permanent national policy
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
everything working out as desired
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
important point; strategic position; key point
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
identifiable; personalized
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
arbitrator; mediator; go-between
to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)
strictly; severely; rigidly
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
old model (of an appliance, etc.); becoming outdated; drop (type of metal casting defect)
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to demand money; to pester; to extort
clientele; customer stratum
to set up shop; to open a store
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
cost of a meal (or meals)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps