indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
bungalow; one-story house
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
briskly; quickly; promptly
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
verbal message; word (from someone)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
transfer station; transfer point
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
consumer credit (finance, loan)