waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
entrance; admission; entering
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
based on; built on; made from
practicality; utility; usefulness
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
food tray (used in the food industry)
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
surroundings; circumference
entry into port; arriving in harbor
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
entry qualifications; joining qualifications
branch office; agency; sub-branch
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste
paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.); parade float; procession
mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares
sword skills; swordsmanship
favoritism (towards relatives); favouritism; nepotism