washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
presence (impressive quality)
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
meeting; greeting; welcome
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
to shave off; to scrape off
grandfather; male senior-citizen
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
such; this sort of; like this
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
bicycle; child pickpocket
adhesive tape; sticky tape
to be torn off; to come off
simmer; bubble out; flow out
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
coating (esp. lacquering)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
earnings from a part-time job
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
slot machine in a pachinko parlor (parlour)
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
loss; defeat; counter for losses
to have more wins than losses; to lead someone (by no. of matches); to take the lead over an opponent (in points)
consecutive defeats; series of defeats