mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to settle (in a place); to settle down
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
ostracism; complete ostracism of a household (the harshest punishment in Edo-period village law)
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
to throw away; to abandon
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
telephone call; telephone (device)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
clever; bright; smart; intelligent
like father, like son; (lit.) you can't fight blood
living room (Western style); sitting room
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
advocate; proponent; supporter
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
to manage (money, family finances, etc.)
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to put someone to trouble
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
care (e.g. medical); attention; nursing; kea (Nestor notabilis)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)