(n) a recommendation
an order
(adj-na) (of the future) very bleak
dim
(n) (1) grandfather
(2) male senior-citizen
(P)
(n) (1) grandmother
(2) female senior-citizen
(P)
(n) mumps
(n) very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
(exp) I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
(n,adj-no) long-waited-for
(exp) (1) to make do with
(2) to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
(3) to speak ambiguously
to prevaricate
(4) to be evasive
to give an evasive answer
(n) (1) shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a succesful harvest
(2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
(n) regular customer
valued client
(n) (uk) missus (orig. honorific, now familiar)
missis
(n) (uk) granny
grandma
gran
female senior-citizen (familiar form of address)
(P)
(n) silly person
dumb-bunny
dope
(n) (hon) buying
purchasing
(exp) (1) thank you
many thanks
much appreciated
(2) that's enough for today
(P)
(n) farmer
(n) association
socializing
socialising
fellowship
(exp,v5k) to become hungry
to get an empty stomach
(exp,v5r) to become hungry
(exp,v5k) to become hungry
to get an empty stomach
(exp,v5r) to become hungry
(v5k) to ask (politely)
(n) (fam) mum
mom
(n) (1) (hon) son (of others)
(2) young master
(3) green young man from a well-to-do family
(ateji) (n) (1) (uk) (pol) special
auspicious
happy
(2) naive
inncocent
good-natured
(ateji) (int) (uk) congratulations!
an auspicious occasion!
(P)
(n) bureaucratic routine
red tape
(n) old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)
(adj-i) meek
gentle
modest
sweet
