crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
bringing one's child to the local park to play for the first time
failure; mistake; blunder
human relations; personal relationships
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); mother; housewife; (female) pet owner; pet parent
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
more than usual; especially; particularly
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
torture to death; torment to death
nothing but; none other than
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
one day; (on) a certain day
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
person of common sense; common sense man
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
(being) worth seeing; impressive
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
(not) so much; (not) that much
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
sympathy; compassion; pity
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
late at night; at a late hour
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to have meaning; to be meaningful
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations