monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
charging (electrically); electrification
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
protracted war; war of attrition
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
bread roll sandwich with croquette filling
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
shopping basket; market basket
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
electrical outlet; wall socket; power plug
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours