tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
manly; masculine; like a man
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to find out; to discover; to locate
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
reader model; amateur model who appears in fashion magazines
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
(another's) daughter; young lady
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
value; worth; virtue; blessing
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
autumn-leaf viewing; fall-leaf viewing
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
pinky swear; pinky promise; linking little fingers to confirm a promise
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
reason; logic; sense; truth; right