instability; insecurity; crankiness
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession
in terms of; from the point of view of
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
even so; anyhow; at any rate
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to look around; to take a view of
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
to be erected; to be built
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
display window; shop window; store window
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
triangular bandage; sling; triangular kerchief; bandana; bandanna
showcase; display case; vitrine
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
treatment (esp. hair treatment)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to well up; to burst; to arise
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly