trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
constructing and selling a ready-built house
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
instant; moment; for an instant
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
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
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
good; goodness; right; virtue
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle