sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
household economy; family finances
deadly serious; deadly earnest
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist temple
to lose one's senses (over); to be out of one's mind (over); to be completely captivated (by); to be smitten; to be engrossed (in)
briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
street stall; stand; booth
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
action committee; executive committee
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
Kanagawa Prefectural Police (abbr)
(compulsory) retirement age; age limit; (compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
slope; slanting surface; bevel
to be erected; to be built
demesne; estate; private land; private property
elevation; height above sea level
trivial; not amounting to much
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
overfishing; overhunting; indiscriminate fishing; indiscriminate hunting
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)