former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
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.)
to work without sleep or rest
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
such; this sort of; like this
bifurcation; branch; branched; rami-
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
ectogenesis; outside the body
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
rising; ascending; climbing
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
combination microwave and (gas or electric bar) oven
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven