obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
safety; welfare; well-being
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
digital watch; digital clock
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
mistaken arrest; arrest based on misidentification
police van; paddy wagon; prisoner transport vehicle
in one's own way or style
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
repentance; confession; penitence
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
one bow; one salute; one greeting