purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
outward appearance; looks
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
as you can imagine; as imagined
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
blue mold; blue mould; penicillium
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to hang (something) on the wall
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
appointed date of delivery; delivery time; due date for payment; period for payment; deadline (for payment or delivery)
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
hand luggage; hand baggage
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
supply; supplying; replenishment
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
to be worried; to be troubled
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
stomach ache; abdominal pain
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
being filled with; being full of; permeation
hydration; rehydration; to hydrate; to rehydrate; to moisturize
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion