to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
single word; a few words; brief comment
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to make (someone) do; to allow (someone) to; to let; to allow; to be permitted to; to do; (arch.) swidden
to be erected; to be built
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
article; thing; object; property; real estate
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
shop; small store; business; firm
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
grocery store; dealer in dried goods
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
store interior; inside of a shop
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
grandfather; male senior-citizen
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon