wearing wooden clogs; floatplane
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
tabi; traditional split-toe socks
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
sincere; faithful; honest
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
two (long cylindrical things)
to increase; to add to; to augment
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence
to step on (something) and break it
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
nashiji; lacquering technique using gold or silver powder or flakes
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
worldly affairs; ways of the world
to speak brazenly; to never shut up
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
even if nothing else; more than anything else
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
tenmoku; ceramics (esp. tea bowls) with a dark glaze that resembles oil spotting; tenmoku tea-bowl; dark-glazed conical tea-bowl of Chinese origin
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
drinking hard; drinking like a fish