home; household; family; hearth
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
three times a day (of meals)
to be boiled; to be cooked
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
doorkeeper; doorman; porter
on the way back; when about to go back
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
thrift; economy; frugality
guardians; parents; father and older brother
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
railroad construction work
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud
appearance; front of a structural member
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
foster mother; adoptive mother
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman