dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
pearl; Perl; purl (knitting stitch)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
time; hour; season; time of the year
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
kaiseki; sophisticated traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses; simple meal eaten before tea is served
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
selection; choice; picking out
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
fat; tallow; lard; grease
difficult to ...; hard to ...
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
alone; by oneself; on one's own
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
greeting; a fine thing to say