preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
company; corporation; workplace
one's post; place of work; workplace
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
to detain; to check; to restrain
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
thrift; economy; frugality
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
sewing needle for cotton thread
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental