of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
peephole (e.g. in a door); observation window; viewing window
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system)
football juggling; soccer ball juggling; lifting (in a rugby line-out); (breast) lifting surgery
to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)
bronze statue; bronze sculpture
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
forming; shaping; fashioning; casting; molding; moulding
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
good-quality; superior in quality
good performance; good work; great success
quenching; hardening; tempering
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to choose (and take); to select; to pick (out)
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)