jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
to manage something successfully; to be successful
banknote; bill; note; paper money
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
sorry; too bad (for you)!; tough luck!
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
good bye; I'm off; see you later
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
(for) the time being; (for) the present; immediate; present; (for) some time (after); checking account
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
way (of doing); manner; method; means
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to neglect (e.g. one's studies); to leave unattended
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive