(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
national holiday; public holiday
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to peel; to skin; to pare
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
having no money; lack of money
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
as a child; when one was a child
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
impulse buying; impulse purchase
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)