trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
revival; restoration; resuscitation
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
massing (of troops); gathering
currently popular; in fashion; trendy
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
(present) head of a family
unveiling; debut; introduction
ceremony fitting child with a hakama
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
leader of a charge; first to arrive
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
business use; business purposes
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
successively; one after another
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day