change of occupation; career change
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to entrust; to leave to a person
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
household economy; family finances
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
way; method; means; resource; course
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
uncertainty about the future; concern about future prospects
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
what time; (lit.) which hour
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
job; work; duties; trade; skill
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
even though things may appear this way
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
living thing; living creature; animal; life
cannot be helped; unavoidable
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously