place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to scrape off; to rub off
sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged
adhesive power; viscosity
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
maid; helper; help; assistance
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
grandpa; grampa; gramps; grandfather
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
being good at conversation; good talker; conversationalist
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
(in) her way; peculiar to her
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over