recreation; diversion; relaxation
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
full of troubles, difficulties
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
one meal; one meal (a day)
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
inattention; absent-mindedness
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
to make an appeal; to urge