to redeem (from sin); to save
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
tradition; legend; folklore
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
root; joint; base; crotch
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to put in a (plaster) cast
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
isolation; being alone; being friendless