private property; personal belongings; personal effects
keepsake; memorabilia; memento
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
grudge; complaint; reproach
intropunitive; self-punishing
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
to understand (each other); to comprehend
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
pressure; oppression; suppression
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place