of course; certainly; indeed
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
horse mackerel, cut open and dried
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
root vegetables boiled in broth
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
punchy; powerful; hard-hitting; stimulating; having impact
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
affable; sociable; friendly
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
long ago; once upon a time
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
short-tempered person; irritable person
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
to be strongly attracted (by); to be utterly charmed (by); to be completely captivated (by); to admire greatly; to fall deeply in love (with); to fall head over heels (for)
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
good family; respectable family; decent family
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
to lie down (in bed); to retire (to bed); to become bedridden (with an illness)