lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
very busy (person or thing)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
two by two; by twos; as a couple
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
sales; selling; marketing
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
along the river; riverside
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
front; frontage; facade; main
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
wherein; therein; thereinto
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character