lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
one or two; a few; small number
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
income; receipts; revenue
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
one day; (on) a certain day
milling; grinding into flour
flour; meal; powder; dust
remembrance; recollection; recognition
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
failing to recognize someone; underestimation
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
postcard; memo; note; card
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
and; thereupon; because of that
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
port city; harbor city; harbour city
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove