sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
one's possessions; ownership
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
professor; teaching; instruction
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to lose one's way; to get lost
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to be conspicuous; to stand out
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
path; lane; small diameter; small radius
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
rest; break; recess; intermission
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of