moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
even though it is not; despite not
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
those (near the second person)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
thinnish; somewhat narrow
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
several sheets (flat objects)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
splash of mud; mud spatter
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river