Vocabulary

circumference

smoky

to be dented; to be indented; to yield; to give; to sink; to collapse

kana orthography; syllabary spelling

to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on; to show one's love (for); to cherish

to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)

brackets; parentheses

noisy; loud; clamorous; boisterous

China and Japan

Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures)

on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

to resound; to be heard far away

waste; scrap; garbage; dregs

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

connection; link; relationship

modesty; humility; being humble

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stride across; to cross

... and Company; Messrs; for the attention of ...

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous

to break (into pieces); to smash; to crush; to shatter; to grind (into powder); to pound

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed

national holiday; festival day

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

house-cloth; dust cloth

to rust; to become rusty

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

four corners

first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; with all one's strength; to the best of one's ability; to the utmost

to take in; to gather in

heavy; weighty

to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink

to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled

woman

fraction (part of); decimal fraction

fire station