eating between meals; snacking
government office; agency; board
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
diary shared between friends (who take turns writing entries); exchange diary
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
Jizō (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
aforementioned; above-mentioned
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)
strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
this sort of; this type of
to become completely chilled
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
going to and fro; back and forth
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
men's things; menswear; men's wear; men's; for men
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; to be crazy about something
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
without trouble; easily; readily
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton