privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
clothing and accessories; attire
food; food products; foodstuffs
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
business; trade; operations; sales
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
equality; impartiality; evenness
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
scoop (e.g. of icecream); scoopful; small ornamental spoon
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
application; request; petition
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
to be prolonged; to drag on
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
(being) worth seeing; impressive
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
coordination; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours)