natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
blood relationship; blood relative
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
a person without a single relative
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
preparation; arrangements
door; gate; opening; title page
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
shooting up one after another
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
third day of the month; three days
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand