bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
if it is the case that ...
square metre; square meter
eat-in-kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room; dropkick (rugby)
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
spring water; clear (pure) water
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
dishwasher; dishwashing machine
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
it is not (like that) either
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)