café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
galvanized sheet iron; galvanised sheet iron
to settle (in a place); to settle down
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
ugly woman; unattractive woman
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
pink (colour, color); peach
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
morning fog; morning mist
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple); abbot
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
concession; conciliation; compromise
that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift