private property; personal belongings; personal effects
(not) even once; (not) ever
to move (house); to change residence
(American) Indian; Native American; Indian
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
baby backpack; back-mounted baby carrier; sling
babies' wear; baby clothes
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
Amazon (river, rainforest etc.); Amazon (woman of Greek mythology)
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
nice; good; well-executed
twig used in grafting; budwood
to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular; to fret; to sulk; to rain on and off
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
business hours; opening hours; office hours
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary