splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
forced repatriation; deportation
fish balls; fish dumplings
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
apologies for the crude food
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
go that far; to that extent
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
outcast; odd man out; pariah
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
physical condition; state of health
but; however; provided that
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
main shrine; inner sanctuary
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to be needed; to be wanted
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward