My words

店番

みせばん

store tending, salesperson

雛

ひよこ ひな ひよっこ ヒナ

young bird, chick hina doll, doll displayed during the Girls Festival green, wet behind the ears, juvenile

届く

とどく

to reach, to arrive, to get through, to get at to be attentive, to pay attention to be delivered, to carry (e.g. sound)

釣竿

つりざお

fishing rod

人見知り

ひとみしり

shyness, fear of strangers, stranger anxiety

気になる

きになる

to be on ones mind, to worry one, to care about, to be bothered by, to feel uneasy, to be anxious to feel inclined to fancy, to like, to catch ones eye

お礼

おれい おんれい

thanks, gratitude manners, etiquette bow reward, gift ceremony, ritual

体力

たいりょく

stamina, endurance, physical strength, resilience, resistance to disease strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

作業

さぎょう

work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty

買取

かいとり

purchase, sale (transaction) purchase on a no-return policy lump-sum payment, flat fee

けち

stinginess, miserliness, penny-pinching, cheesparing, miser, pinchpenny, skinflint, cheapskate, tightwad, niggard shabby, cheap, mangy, poor petty, narrow-minded, quibbling, mean-spirited bad luck, ill omen, glitch

証拠

しょうこ

evidence, proof

席に着く

せきにつく

to sit on a seat

迷子

まいご

lost child, lost person, stray child, missing child

大人しく

おとなしく

meekly, obediently, submissively, quietly, like a lamb

移る

うつる

to move (house), to transfer (department) to change the target of interest or concern to elapse (passage of time) to be permeated by a colour or scent to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)

見事

みごと

splendid, magnificent, beautiful, admirable praiseworthy act, feat, commendable deed utter (esp. defeat), total, complete

振り出し

ふりだし

starting point, beginning, outset drawing, issuing, draft, draught shaking out throw (of dice), toss infusion

枕

まくら

pillow, bolster introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in

色んな

いろんな

various

試し

ためし

trial, test

追いつく

おいつく

to overtake, to catch up (with)

訳無い

わけない

easy, simple (there is) no reason

足りない

たりない

insufficient, not enough, lacking dim-witted, slow, one brick short of a full load

近道

ちかみち

short way, shortcut

大分

だいぶ だいぶん

considerably, greatly, a lot

当店

とうてん

this store

オーブン

oven

時間がかかる

じかんがかかる

to take time

バッテリー

バッテリ

battery, pitcher and catcher battery