to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
lately; recently; nowadays
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
secondhand article; secondhand goods; used item
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
population ageing (aging)
portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
student (esp. a university student)
mental; spiritual; emotional
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
viewer; (television) audience
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
old couple; elderly couple
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
secret vote; secret ballot
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
than; other than; except; but