to keep a watchful eye on
control; management; supervision
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
petition; complaint; (legal) brief
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
government service; the bureaucracy
official title; name of one's job
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
candied (chestnuts); sweetened boiled fish
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
a little bit; a little while
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
inheritance; something given or received
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth