another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
you could say; you might say; verging on the
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to lean against; to set against
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
with hands in pockets; idleness
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
on one hand; on the other hand
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
to do over; to remake; to resume
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
one's innate character; spirit; backbone
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
free talk; irresponsible talk
ignoring someone completely
box carried on one's back to store books; wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)