mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
genuine article; real thing; real deal
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
preference; priority; precedence
that's the way it is; such is life
world; society; people; the public
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
early (days); initial stage; initial
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
pre-war days; before the war
electric water boiler; thermo pot; hot water dispenser
pushing by hand; hand gilding
electricity; (electric) light
water-purification tank; septic tank
(another's) daughter; young lady
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
older brother; elder brother
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
inundation; submersion; flood
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
as a child; when one was a child
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with