front; frontage; facade; main
in order; in turn; one by one
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
wife and children; (arch.) wife
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
every month; each month; monthly
fifth day of the month; five days
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
fourth day of the month; four days
homecoming; returning home
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected