cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
windbreaker (jacket); windcheater
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
loud (criticism, protest, etc.); noisy; clamorous; boisterous; uproarious; fierce
to blaze; to burn brightly
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
every year; yearly; annually
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
down jacket; quilted down coat
multifunction; multipurpose
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound