kitchen; financial situation
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
regular (permanent) conductor
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
the world of music; the music world
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
quarrel; dispute; argument
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
adds force or indicates command
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once