exhibition; display; putting on show
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
Roach Motel (insect trap)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
flushing (with water or other liquid); passing water through (something)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
cotton gloves; working gloves
watering can; watering pot; sprinkling can
gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift; (lit.) incense money
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
general merchant; Jack of all trades
number one; first; best; most; game; round
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
piece of wood at front edge of entranceway floor; agarikamachi
living room (Western style); sitting room
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
Nagano (city, prefecture)
sake brewer; sake brewery
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by