housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); (in Northern Japan) conger eel; garden eel
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
(short) rest; breather; break
Japanese person; Japanese people
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
test period; exam period; examination time
right in the midst of; right at the height of
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
results; record; grades; marks
maintenance; preservation; improvement
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
for example; for instance; e.g.
import; importation; introduction; afferent