to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
admission (to an institute, nursery school, facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; incarceration; internment
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
in the morning; during the morning
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to peel; to skin; to pare
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
surroundings; environs; circumference
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
world; society; people; the public
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
considerably; greatly; a lot
at once; immediately; right now
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
marriage counseling; marital counseling
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
wedded life; married life
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy