going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
period of time; time slot; time zone
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
coverall apron; cook's apron
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
sakadane; yeast grown on rice kōji used as a fermentation starter
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
facial expression of feigned ignorance
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
genuine; authentic; true; real
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
(in the same way) as before; as always
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
briskly; quickly; promptly
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
permission; approval; authorization; license
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork