porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
judge; magistrate; (arch.) 3rd grade official (ritsuryō system); (arch.) assistant district officer; (arch.) inspector
the West; the Occident; Western countries
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
evening meal; dinner; supper
new car model; late-model car
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
(economic) depression; recession; slump
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
cost reduction; cost saving
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
optimist; easy-going person
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
workforce reduction; personnel cut
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
quarreling; wrangling; argument; fuss
long ago; previous; of a former age
electricity; (electric) light
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)