to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
forty-ninth day after a person's death
Buddhist memorial service
general; popular; common; typical
generalization; generalisation; popularization; popularisation
to anticipate; to foresee
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
(one's) concern; having (something) to do with
consanguineous group; kin group
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
strong-willed; strong of heart
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
cost reduction; cost saving
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
business district; office complex
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
small number; few; minority
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
age range; age-group; age bracket
superior; superiors; senior
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
Japanese sardinella (Sardinella zunasi)
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)