to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
contract; compact; agreement
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
kitchen (in a restaurant); cook; chef
expansion policy; road to expansion
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to put someone to work; to make someone work
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
storehouse; warehouse; godown
one's post; place of work; workplace
body; physical system; (the) person
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense