washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
washing machine (laundry)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
pointing out; identification
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
colored pattern; coloured pattern
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)