as a child; when one was a child; childhood
tamago kake gohan; raw egg mixed with white rice, often seasoned with soy sauce
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
maintenance; preservation; improvement
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
like this; in this way; as you see
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
environment; circumstance
that's the way it is; such is life
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
(not) even once; (not) ever
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to leave word; to leave a message
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)