busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
please (give me); please (do for me)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
tableware box also used as a personal dining table; box table
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
elder daughter; older daughter
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)