charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
bedside; near one's pillow
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
emergency; unexpectedness
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
wearing a sword; sword one is wearing
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
in accordance with; subordinate to
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
errand runner; messenger (Azuchi-Momoyama period); patroller; minor official (Edo period)
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion