to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i"
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
(crime of) abandonment of a corpse; abandoning a dead body
construction vehicle (bulldozer, backhoe, loader, etc.)
(political) power; authority; influence
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
house search (e.g. by the police)
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
urine analysis; urinalysis
positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
trial product; prototype model
(someone's) assistance; help; aid; grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing
single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
a month or older; back numbers of a monthly
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)