family corporation; family company; affiliated concern
certificate of post-mortem
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
Tsugaru Dialect (Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture)
Japanese-style confectionary store
jingle (i.e. in a television commercial)
to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program
stocking shelves; stock person; stocking person
English (language); English
food with dressing on it (e.g. salad)
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
time for reporting to work; time one leaves home to go to work; working hours; number of hours worked
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)
boxing; packing into a box; something packed into a box
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
person who avoids others; social outcast
to let slip; to slide; to glide
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
Japanese-style confectionary store