to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
wooden fence; board fence
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
small; fine; detailed; stingy
scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
value; worth; virtue; blessing
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant
description; account; delineation; (a) predicative; predication
on the way home from school
digital versatile disc; DVD
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
momentous (crucial) decision
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
long ago; a long time ago; already
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
marrow; pith; centre; center; bottom of one's heart