Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
depression; low spirits; dejection
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
repeating; repetition; repeat (performance); rebroadcast; repeat sign; playing (an audio or video recording)
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
make no progress; remain unsettled
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
with a clunk; with a clank; the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
comfort; consolation; diversion
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household