naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
to finger; to tamper (with)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
bill collection; bill collector
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
like; similar to; same as
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
to run out (e.g. of the room)
older brother; elder brother
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
consequence; outcome; result; blame
Kanda myoujin - shrine near Ochanomizu station, Tokyo
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
distress; wretched condition
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)