home area; home town; local
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
rich person; wealthy person
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)
distant look; faraway look
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to raise one's voice; to shout
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below