shop; small store; business; firm
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
variable; changeable; convertible; controllable
takoyaki pan (cast iron with semi-spherical molds)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
pleasant feeling; good vibes
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation)
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
water's edge; beach; foreshore
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
sunlight; rays of the Sun
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
not worth considering; out of the question
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
look!; there!; here!; that is
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
natural disaster; cataclysm
this world; this life; world of the living
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
another thing; other things; another man's property