letter; missive; note; mail
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
one day; (on) a certain day
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
construction; establishment
type of occupation; occupational category
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
village headman; village mayor
to entrust; to leave to a person
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
older sister; lass; young lady
way of eating; how to eat
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
inheritance; something given or received