funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
(bulge of one's) biceps; zeal; effort; enthusiasm
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
one-year-old; one year old
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
kitchen; financial situation; finances
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
weight stone (placed on pickles)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
(for the) first time in one's life
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
as a child; when one was a child
eating; bite (in fishing)
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
hakkeyoi!; come on!; go ahead!
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
little by little; bit by bit
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to blacken; to make black
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to pretend; to act (as if)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
hair (on the head); (a) hair
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision