agricultural community; farm village; rural
courteous; decorous; polite
drawing water; black cotton hat (used as a prop)
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
another thing; exception; special case
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
to ask for directions; to ask the way
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
niddle-noddle; nid-nod; nodding off
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee