sensibilities (feelings, way of thinking) of the common people; popular sentiment
gazing at (in wonderment)
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
several minutes; a few minutes
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)
personal grudge; personal enmity
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
dealing with; coping with
just a minute; small quantity
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
sake offered to someone; treat of sake
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
general; popular; common; typical
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
every year; yearly; annually
established practice; custom
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
leaving work; clocking out