unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
television advertising; television commercial
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
primary school; elementary school; grade school
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
ardent; passionate; vehement
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
Western clothing; Western binding
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)