contest; competition; struggle; scramble
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
article; news story; report; account
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
all companies; each company
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
government; administration
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
just person; man of justice; righteous person; upright person
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
to employ; to hire; to charter
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
not necessarily so; is not always true
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
with one's mouth wide open; gapingly
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
bento; Japanese box lunch
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to become empty; to be emptied
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
no!; no no!; no, not at all