effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
health drink; pep-up drink
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
perfectly in sync; in step (dancing); on the same wavelength
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
curry in a pouch; retort-pouch curry
home delivery (of food); outside catering
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to refuse; to reject; to deny
moment by moment; hour by hour
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
particularly; only; in the case of
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
rope; cord; policeman's rope
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
professor; teaching; instruction