draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
morning; forenoon; just before noon
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
collecting together and buying; doing a big shop
the same store; the same shop
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to express (in words); to confess
that's (as in "that's all")
gentle; mild; meek; tender
muddy water; red-light district
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
thoroughly; through and through
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
correction; revision; amendment
kindergartener; preschooler
to begin purchasing; to purchase
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by