contact print; beta-yaki; thin Kyoto-style okonomiyaki
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
combination; arrangement; distribution; (arch.) marrying off
summer festival; summer matsuri
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
big man; large man; tall man; giant
mean (greedy) about money; stingy
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
to fall ill; to be taken ill
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
person concerned; interested party; related party
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
pure heart; naivete; innocence
being used to socializing with women (of a man)
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
I owe you; I owe you one; I owe you a favor
as much as one can; as much as possible
hoarding; storing away (without using)
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
fighting spirit; battle aura; combative spirit
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to do something distinguished; to perform great deeds; to distinguish oneself (e.g. in war)
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
something to wear; clothes
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for