door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
in the same way as; just like
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to start shouting; to break out
in comparison to; rather than
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste
this and that; one thing or another
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
coating (esp. lacquering)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
participation; joining; entry; adherence
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
like this; in this way; as you see