advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
covered in mud; mud-caked
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
document; official papers
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls
simplified version; abridged edition
to be promoted to a higher rank
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
common use; communal use; sharing
one by one; one each; one at a time
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
difference between night and day; world of difference; (being) poles apart; (lit.) difference between heaven and earth
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise