trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
the other day; lately; recently
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
general; popular; common; typical
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
being too late; losing one's final chance
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)