thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
future (usually near); prospects
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
space (room, area, outer space)
cooperation; coordination; link
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
protector (e.g. chest); guard
offensive camp; team at bat
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)