baa (sound made by sheep); meh
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
stocktaking; inventory count; faultfinding
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
trouble; bother; annoyance
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
pre-paid card for purchasing books; Tosho card; library book index card
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
3rd day of the month; three days
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
shichi-go-san; 7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
(another's) child; child; kid
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice
battle of wits; contest of wits
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert