teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids; basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands
direct descent; direct line
head house (family); birthplace; originator
thought; consideration; thinking
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
recreation; diversion; relaxation
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
gleaming; shining; glistening
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
even though; despite; when
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
health; healthy; sound; fit
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
indeed; really; truly; very much
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
never mind!; don't worry about it
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat