adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
that's the way it is; such is life
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
shopping; purchased goods
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
after a long time; for the first time in a while
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
how; in what way; how about; questionable
time; hour; period; class
neighbourhood; neighborhood
confections; sweets; candy; cake
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
very popular; highly favoured
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
convenient; handy; useful
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive