salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
to be transparent; to show through
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to diminish (dampen) the spirit
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it
leaving unfinished; unfinished ending
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
Paramecium spp. (esp. Paramecium caudatum)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license; license to practice medicine
dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
degree of familiarity; popularity
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
cost of one's food; one's board
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
being adopted into the family of one's bride
goosebumps; goose pimples
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner