simultaneous; all at once
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
incident resulting in injury
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
everywhere; all over; throughout
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
sake tasting; wine tasting
drinking straight from a bottle
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
to go by the rules; to observe the regulations
reason for being; raison d'être
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
postwar period; period after Second World War
largest class; top category
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to lie down; to throw oneself down
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
trusting too much; overestimating ability
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable