obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
have a good day; take care; see you
future (usually near); prospects
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to make one's rounds; to patrol
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
just you wait and see (as a threat)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness