feeling; sense; impression
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
deduction in advance (of tax, interest, etc.)
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
fat; tallow; lard; grease
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
garbage collection site; trash disposal area
whispering into a person's ear
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
construction industry; construction business