shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
to say; to tell; to state; to do
interference; meddling; butting in
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
turnout (of people); start (e.g. race, campaign, term of office); constant forward movement; initial charge
hipbone; innominate bone; fortitude; perseverance; endurance
poke (Hawaiian raw-fish salad)
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
country; territory; domain; realm
thick toast with honey (and often with fruit, icecream, etc.)
home delivery (of food); outside catering
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows
to wear out; to wear until threadbare
cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
narration from backstage (theatre, television)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
servile character (disposition)
high window; clerestory window