to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
depending on; dependent on
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
motherland; fatherland; native country
to pass (of time); to elapse
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
nowadays; in this day and age
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
human; human-like; as a person
mental; spiritual; emotional
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
shellfish; seashell; shell
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
sad; wretched; deplorable
one or two; a few; small number
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?