izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
every month; each month; monthly
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
everything; anything; nothing
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to repeat; to do something over again
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
few decades; many decades; several decades
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to collect; to assemble; to gather
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
although I say; although one might say; although called
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
fifth day of the month; five days
frequency (of occurrence)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
road construction; roadworks; road repairs