meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
cushion to soften the blow; something that cushions the blow
food and drink; eating and drinking
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
chief; main; principal; major
reception center (e.g. for refugees) (centre)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
civilian in military employ
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
private citizen; civilian
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
evening meal; supper; dinner
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
incident; affair; happening; event
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
to make contact (with); to get in touch; to enter into relations; to come to an understanding
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
fourth day of the month; four days
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily