habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
with these words; while saying
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
door; gate; opening; title page
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
schoolgirl; female student
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
to be opposite; to face each other
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab