several times; once or twice
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
when about to go back; on the way back; on the way home
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
front approach to shrine or temple
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
water heater; water boiler
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
older sister; elder sister
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
the whole day; all the day
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
contrary to one's expectations
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
to speak ill of; to disparage
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that