pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
neighbourhood; neighborhood
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
it is not (like that) either
to cater to another's wish; to accommodate; to be agreeable
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
sympathy; compassion; pity
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to begin talking; to open up
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
work; business; company; study
stubbornness; pigheaded person; miser
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary