night watch; fire watchman
one's homeland; one's old home
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to do thoroughly; to check through and through
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
sharing; division; draw; tie
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
reason; logic; method; system; order
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
good prospects; full of hope; promising
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
treatment as a guest; guest
counter for (small) boats
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
in one go; all at once; altogether; all in one piece
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
equilibrium; good balance; poise
to crop; to shear; to cut or trim something evenly; to make all the same length
to score points with (a person)
to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
joy of being born a woman; good fortune of being born a woman
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
hiding one's embarrassment