speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
father; dad; husband; you; he
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to break the silence; to break one's silence
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
it is not (like that) either
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
greeting; a fine thing to say
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary