rabbit hutch; small Japanese houses; cramped Japanese housing
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
private office; private practice
Sazae-san (Japanese comic character)
powdered cheese; cheese powder
ground plan; plane figure
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
butterfly (swimming stroke); G-string; gee-string
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
transfer to a different hospital; hospital transfer
by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
answering machine; answer phone
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
private affairs; personal matter
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
(sound of one's) heartbeat
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
good prospects; full of hope; promising