cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
work clothes; business suit
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
Western clothing; Western binding
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
genuine article; real thing; real deal
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be needed; to be wanted
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal