holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
difficult to ...; hard to ...
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
grasp; catch; understanding
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
neighbourhood; neighborhood
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
question; inquiry; enquiry
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
way of asking; way of listening; listener
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
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
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
original story; original version; this volume
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life