liaison group; liaison committee; liaison council
disaster prevention practice
(arch.) fruit; counter for fruit
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
neighborhood council; neighbourhood council; residents' association; student council
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
about when; about what time; how soon
trivial; not amounting to much
highly unpredictable; touch and go
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
answering machine; answer phone
resignation (from a position)
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
clearing one's throat; cough
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to come back; to return; to recur