to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
living thing; living creature; animal; life
deep emotion; strong feelings
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to take back; to recapture
perishable foods; perishables
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
handsome young man; Adonis
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
point where one has to accept one's fate; point where one has to give up; state of resignation; resigned state
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
point card; loyalty card; reward card
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
(disposable) shopping bag; carrier bag
turnover rate (merchandise, capital)
packing something in a bag; bagging
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
forcibly; against one's will
sense of smell; olfaction
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
dishes based on spring onions and tuna
thank you for your continued patronage
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)
stomach ache; abdominal pain