eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
image; figure; figure; form; image
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
censorship; inspection; examination
calming down; quieting down
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
story of one's experiences
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
source of information; intelligence source; message source
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
speech; expression; wording; language
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
to say no more; to sink into silence