direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
24 hours; twenty-four hours
exclusive; attached to; specialist
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
supply; provision; raising; procurement
cabinet; housing (of equipment)
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to talk; to chat; to chatter
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
parts; accessories; components
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to be smeared; to be covered
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
factory manager; works manager
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
overseas student; exchange student
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on