to fluff up (e.g. a futon); to retype (e.g. a letter)
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
useless resistance; vain struggle
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
street at night; making a night journey
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
mobilization; mobilisation
as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
certificate of merit; testimonial
factory; plant; mill; workshop
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
to move (to another area, country, etc.); to migrate
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
classification; categorization; sorting
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; refurbishment; makeover; alteration (e.g. of clothes); re-tailoring
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking