twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to become completely chilled
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to telephone; to make a phone call
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
incident; affair; happening; event
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
environment; circumstance
to press a question; to cross-examine
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
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 accept; to receive; to agree
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to raid; to launch an attack; to invade
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to abandon; to give up on; to desert