in the meanwhile; during the time
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
living together (with one more person)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
hyperesthesia; hypersensitivity
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
rather; better; instead; if anything
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
no!; no no!; no, not at all
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
well-bred; of good upbringing
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
coexistence; living together
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
ten; 10; ten years of age
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)