cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
weight stone (placed on pickles)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
final; eventual; ultimate
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
more than usual; especially; particularly
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods; sake
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
society; public; community; social studies
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to be worried; to be troubled
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point