small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
another family; another house
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
ignorant of the ways of the world
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
does not; can not; will not
a little bit; a little while
value; worth; estimation; evaluation; bargain; good buy
value; worth; estimation; evaluation; bargain; good buy
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
personage; person (deserving of respect)
appearance; air; condition; state; form
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
that; the matter in question
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic