menial; meanness; servility; abject
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
widower; divorced man not remarried; bachelor; single man
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
(United States of) America; USA
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
opinion; intention; thought
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō Myōō (Myō-ō); fierce Buddhist deity
yearned for; longed for; missed
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself