bakery; baker; pastry shop
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
neighbourhood; neighborhood
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
name; given name; first name
no, not like that (but like this)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
one chance; only opportunity; maybe; perhaps; one-night stand
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
revisiting; visiting again
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
environment; circumstance
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
so; like this; in this way
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway