outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
progress; advance; making (good) progress
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
homemade; made in-house; housemade; made on the premises
funny story; funny anecdote
future; possible; potential; prospective
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
either way; in any case; one way or another
starvation; famine; hunger
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
whitebait; elver (young eel)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
human; human-like; as a person
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
like this; in this way; as you see
to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy
to have a smattering knowledge of
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
to bear fruit; to take effect
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful