kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
inferior goods; faulty item
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
regular drinking; habitual drinking
tattling; telling on (someone)
family-oriented; familial
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; (lit.) once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object)
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
at a moment's notice; readily
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
personal funds; one's own money; self-funding
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
long-established; old-established; traditional
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
virtuous cycle; virtuous circle
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
increase in population; population growth
to grow up; to become an adult
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
to administer the affairs of state
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
tide; current; tendency; trend
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing