script; libretto; scenario
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
boy; son; baby boy; young man
mending; repair; darning; patching up
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
thread knot (end of the thread tied up to a knot)
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
this world; this life; world of the living
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
free ticket; free admission ticket
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
history of; experience of
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
when it becomes; when it comes to
household economy; family finances
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
making do; getting by (somehow); managing