obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
image; figure; figure; form; image
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
to take upon oneself; to pull (something) over one's head
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
absence; disregard; indifference
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
scenery; scene; landscape
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
particular; hard to please; fussy
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
great joy; delight; jubilation
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
one's physical safety; personal security
ruler's orders; master's orders
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
loyal retainer; loyal subject
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
government office; public office
bank; banking institution
hundred-yen store; dollar store
business; work; operations; service; duties