with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
no!; no no!; no, not at all
shopping; purchased goods
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to gather; to collect; to assemble
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
trouble; bother; annoyance
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)