management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
sitting down; sitting up; sit!
to creep about; to crawl around
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
drinking directly (from bottle, can, flask, canteen, etc.)
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
big leakage; uncontained leak
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
looking on from afar; being a spectator
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
nice; good; well-executed
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
machiya; traditional wooden townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
tenement house; row house
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
image; figure; figure; form; image
staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
Japanese (people, language, style)
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account