clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to jest; to clown (around)
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
one roll; one book; one volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
New Year's Eve; December 31
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to walk in on; to tread upon
sales message; sales copy
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
middle class; bourgeoisie
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters; crammed (e.g. with people); overflowing
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
ambiguous; obscure; equivocal
(instruction) manual; handbook