older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
one by one; in detail; minutely
commendation ceremony; award ceremony
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
temporary employment; temporary employee
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
slope; sloping ground; sloping lot
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
terraced fields; terraced farm
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
seeing in the dark; night vision
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
black terracotta; black soil
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed