the other day; a few days ago
district; section; sector
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
lord of a manor; estate steward
turning sideways; landscape orientation
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
dark (menswear) suit (midnight blue, black, etc.)
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; shirt (as part of a school uniform); shirt with non-detachable cuffs and collar
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
just the other day; quite recently
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
loose; slovenly; sloppy; disorganized
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
too many cooks spoil the broth; (lit.) too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable