to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
had better ...; had better not ...
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to mix; to stir; to blend
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
process; course; mechanism
at first; in the beginning; originally
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
difficult to ...; hard to ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml