career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
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
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
wives and tatami mats are best when new
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to face; to go towards; to head towards
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
and yet; though; when; in spite of
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
kappore (traditional Japanese comic dance)
all present; all concerned; all of us
Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea); sweet hydrangea leaf; hydrangea tea
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing