pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to breathe out; to exhale
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
before the gate; in front of the gate
to order; to command; to appoint
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
person who is ...; thing that is ...
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to be helpful; to be useful
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face