stocking shelves; stock person; stocking person
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
to be hairy (of a person); to be thickly bearded; to be dense (of vegetation); to be thick; to be slow (of a person); to be dull
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to become better; to improve
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
speaking voice; talking voice
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar