contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to appoint; to assign; to designate
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
president (of a society); chairman
incessant working; working non-stop
to complete decisively; to do to completion
ōban-yaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
diligent; absorbed (in something)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
investment; contribution; financing
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
reading aloud; recitation
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to translate; to interpret
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
because of; owing to; due to
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on