straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
support; backing; aid; assistance
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to clamber (up); to scale
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
shopping; purchased goods
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to be helpful; to be useful
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
way; method; means; resource; course
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
absolutely; positively; decidedly
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
personal; individual; private
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to leave as is; to ignore
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive