older brother; elder brother
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
memory; sense; experience
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to be helpful; to be useful
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
fifth day of the month; five days
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
submersion; inundation; being flooded
Ozu Yasujirō (1903.12.12-1963.12.12)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
old couple; elderly couple
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
bank; banking institution