crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
headquarters; head office; main office
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
for use of customers or guests
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan