Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
scenery; scene; landscape
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
support group; fan club; (election) committee
grey wall covering material (gray)
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
delivery person (of food)
one-yen taxi (in the Taisho and Showa periods); taxi
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
factory; plant; mill; workshop
factory worker; craftsman; artisan
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
dignified expression; solemn expression; serious expression