office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
speech; expression; wording; language
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
shop selling goods at very cheap prices; super cheap store; super discounter
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
carefree; free from worry
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
although I say; although one might say; although called
second marriage; remarriage
that's the way it is; such is life
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial