to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
urgency; exigency; emergency
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
last night; yesterday evening
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
making some money; earning
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
together; at the same time; same; identical
to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
so; like this; in this way
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
care; precaution; guarding; caution
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
land route; overland route; by land; overland
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn