steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
little shop; small shop; my shop; low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion
festival; feast; carnival
show; exhibition; spectacle
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
high mountain; alpine mountain
mousseline de laine; light woollen fabric
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
at work; in the midst of work; working
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to have a talk; to tell a story