at first; in the beginning; originally
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
second day of the month; two days
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
it is not (like that) either
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
personification; impersonation; embodiment
your husband; her husband
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
to employ; to hire; to charter
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to spit out; to eject; to dump
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
being (somewhere); sitting
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously