will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
fearfully; timidly; nervously
unexpectedly; surprisingly
deposit (esp. on renting a house); security money; bond payment; guarantee
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
in the morning; during the morning
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
supervisory bureau; supervisory authority; board of control
section manager; section chief
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
another prefecture; other prefectures
government official; public servant; civil servant
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; leptosomatic habit
Shizuoka Prefecture (Chūbu area)
(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
swelling; boil; abscess; tumor; tumour
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
different person; another person; someone else; changed man