hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
cellophane tape; adhesive tape; Sellotape
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing
national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
ao dai (traditional Vietnamese dress)
(long) pants (as opposed to shorts); trousers
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
non la (Vietnamese conical hat)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
restless; fidgety; lively; busy
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
producer (film, TV, etc.)
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to chase; to run after; to pursue
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
idle talk; nonsense; fool; idiot; irresponsible; nonsensical
(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
root vegetables boiled in broth
interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors
village; hamlet; countryside; country
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)
angrily; in a huff; in anger; plump; tender
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
vividly green; lush green; fresh and green; verdant; deep blue
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
tofu shop; tofu seller; tofu maker
filtering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
stationery shop; a stationer
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in