tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be sensitive to smoke; to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance
to be born; to come into the world
glove (esp. sports); globe
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw
great laughter; burst of laughter
unique; individual; original; unusual
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
go on!; right!; here goes!
to find out; to discover; to detect
capable of anything; liable to do
property; fortune; means; assets
occupational ability; function; role
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
multinational corporation; transnational corporation
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
stop it!; enough!; cut it out
(token amount of) consolation money
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking