room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to be silent; to say nothing
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
way (of doing); manner; method; means
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
personal (employee); employed; retained
river; stream; River; the ... river
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
anything and everything; just about everything
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
dried young anchovies (or sardines)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to be able to manage somehow or another
small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
rest; break; recess; intermission
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away