to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
watch (timepiece); watch (turn to watch or guard something); watching; watch cap
Maritime Self-Defense Force
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
pair; two kinds; two ways
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
this and that; one thing and another
shopping basket; market basket
(department) store; (department) stores
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
jumping to a hasty conclusion
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
filtering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently