to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
due form; official; formality
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to forget to say; to forget to mention
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
lost article; something forgotten
no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
to throw open; to leave open
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
such; this sort of; like this
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to be too late; to be too slow
blood relationship; blood relative
even though it is not; despite not
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
completely naked; in one's birthday suit
water temperature (esp. bath)
romantic; spicy; coquettish
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
neighbourhood; neighborhood
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with