establishment; founding; organization; organisation
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
untitled; titleless; without a title; no subject (email)
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur
cold-blooded person; heartless; coldhearted person
to skip over (while reading); to skim
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
to challenge (a person) to a fight
effort; initiative; dealing with; bout (in sports, etc.); match
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
past misdeed; past error; past folly; past sin
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
blood is thicker than water
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
company name; corporate name
stock trading; stock transactions; share trading
automatic; intransitive verb
daimyo in the Warring States period
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear