tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
such; this sort of; like this
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
remote mountain; mountain recesses
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
to repeat; to do something over again
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to discuss; to talk together
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
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but