skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
review; reconsideration; revision
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
metal fittings; metal fixtures
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
kitchen; cookhouse; (ship's) galley
bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following