stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
adds force or indicates command
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)