grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
moment; brief space of time
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
to be able to manage somehow or another
scene; sight; scenario; setting
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
being left out; being ostracized
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
margin for a seam; seam allowance
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to encamp; to take up positions
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
weeping for joy; crying with happiness
to sew up; to sew together
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk