spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
summer vacation; summer holiday
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
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 match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to look forward to something
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination