washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
to play a leading role; to play a central part
many; numerous; various; large number of
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
(another's) daughter; young lady
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability