izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
cartoon-character costume
your husband; her husband
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
(some) more; even more; longer; further
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
schoolgirl; female student
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible