counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
cut; reduction; curtailment
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
control; management (e.g. of a business)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
asset management; asset management provision
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
double; twice (as much); twofold
remembrance; recollection; recognition
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
family; members of a family
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to talk; to chat; to chatter
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
landowner; landlord; landlady
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
postwar period; period after Second World War