estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
about; concerning; related to; -ish
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
defense; defence; protection
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
one's house; one's home; one's family
to fall ill; to be taken ill
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
place for storing things; container; compartment; closet; pocket
USB; universal serial bus; USB flash drive; USB memory stick
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
to find out; to discover; to locate
New Year's party (held in the beginning of the year, i.e. usually in January)
hidden cupboard; secret cabinet; concealed closet
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
shoulder strap (on a dress, bag, etc.)
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
singing together; singing in union; chorus; ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
this and that; such and such
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
modesty; self-control; discretion