education or school expenses
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
8000; eight thousand; many
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
triangular bandage; sling; triangular kerchief; bandana; bandanna
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
affirmative vote; yes vote; aye
vote against; no vote; nay
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.); parade float; procession
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
gas stove; gas cooker; gas range
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
possession; retention; maintenance
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)