(lower) jaw; chin; mentum; chatterbox
to bend; to warp; to curve
postwar period; period after Second World War
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to sell off; to dispose of
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to forget completely; to leave behind
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to push aside; to push one's way through
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
since; henceforth; ever since
to serve; to work for; to attend
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
falling in love; attachment
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
long (time); protracted; prolonged
appearance; figure; shape; form
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to tower above; to stand out
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
for the first time in one's life
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead