departure; leaving; starting; standing
notebook; account book; register
bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check
shaving the very top of the head
laughing foolishly; cackling
to move (house); to change residence
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
condition; state (of health); appearance
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
reply (to a letter); response; answer
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
how many people; a number of people
anyone; any person; whoever
greeting; a fine thing to say
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off
return; relapse; recurrence
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
rolled letter paper; roll of paper
very loose; slowly; leisurely
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to begin talking; to open up
to be too late; to be too slow