good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
reality; actuality; hard fact
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
direct descent; direct line
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
in that manner; like that
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
living; lifestyle; living room
in a daze; absent-mindedly; vacantly; dimly; hazily; faintly
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
to raise one's voice; to shout
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
to figure out; to get an idea
participation; joining; entry
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
abdomen; stomach; under parts
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
more than usual; especially; particularly
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth
that; the matter in question