cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
finish; finishing; finishing touches
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
for example; for instance; e.g.
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
man; male; masculine gender
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
meaning; significance; sense
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
book; volume; this; present; main; head
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
woman; female; feminine gender
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
together; at the same time; same; identical
Kobayashi Maya (1979.7.12-)
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely