to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
because of; owing to; due to
difficult to ...; hard to ...
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
kitchen; financial situation
purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
blue mold; blue mould; penicillium
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to hang (something) on the wall
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
hand luggage; hand baggage
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
supply; supplying; replenishment
release; emission; ejection
to be worried; to be troubled
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
stomach ache; abdominal pain
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of