to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
verbal message; word (from someone)
bank; banking institution
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
company; corporation; workplace
transactions; dealings; business
blending of Japanese and Western styles
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
living room (Western style); sitting room
library (usu. single-room); small library
equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
dwelling; house; residence; address
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to have a meal; to take a meal
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
filling (meal); heavy; solid; substantial