tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
person of little importance; insignificant person; narrow-minded person; child; dwarf
child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
unkempt hair; disheveled hair; tousled hair
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
for show; for appearance's sake; ostentatiously; to look good
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
to be affected by another's misfortune; to get caught up in trouble not of one's own making
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
without hesitation; frankly (esp. speaking); bluntly; cutting (forcefully, directly); piercingly
commitment; pledge; promise
this (very thing); this precisely
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
commander; general; leader
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
somewhat thick; relatively thick; thickish; on the thick side
tessellated; grid-shaped; grid-like
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era