tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
lump together; put all together
opening a business; opening a practice
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
smallish; on the small side
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
person of common sense; common sense man
to happen to have on hand or in stock
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
close; intimate; on good terms
on one hand; on the other hand
dullness; slump; stagnation; inactivity; depression
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed
evident; plain; distinct; clear
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
reserve; reticence; unfriendliness; estrangement
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
female high-school student
impression given by a painting or image
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
basis for decision; evidence for judging
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
establishment; settlement
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse