small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
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
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
to put in a word for; to second; to support
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
black lustre; black luster
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
silent; still; quiet; hushed
new book; new publication
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
bored; having nothing to do; idle
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
neglect; negligence; disregard; making light of