breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
spotlight; close observation
slip of the tongue; misstatement
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
(Japanese-style) living room
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
nothing but; none other than
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
candy fashioned in human and animal forms; deceptive appearance; all show; empty suit
whydunit (detective story)
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
clergyman; churchman; clergy
neat and clean; tidy; trim
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
Miss; Ms.; unmarried woman
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
show; performance; show; exhibition; TV show
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
all night long; all through the night
Dear Sir or Madam; Dear Sirs; Gentlemen
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
gate guard (during the ritsuryō system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryō system)
arrangement; pact; agreement
important law; fundamental law
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
appeal; call for something; request; axiom