hotel charge; lodging expense
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
househusband; stay-at-home dad
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous
(spaghetti alla) carbonara
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
support; backing; aid; assistance
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
Shounankaigan Park Station
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
admission limit; restricted admission
open; spacious; extensive
washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary
monetary offering; offertory
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
such; this sort of; like this
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)
going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance