turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
steady; sound; reliable; solid
the way one works; one's working manner
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
trade; buying and selling
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
good-quality; superior in quality
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
bodily sensation; sense; experience
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
equality; uniformity; evenness
beyond this point; from now on; after this
whole nation; whole land; whole country
the lower classes; the common people
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
product; produce; result; fruit
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
bungalow; one-story house
shoes strictly prohibited
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
low dining table; tea table
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
per-capita division; division according to the number of people