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 (a business); conducting
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
transactions; dealings; business
blending of Japanese and Western styles
(large) house; residence; mansion
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
Japanese style; Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
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 treat wood, paper, etc.
liking for; taste for; fondness 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
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat 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
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread