door; gate; opening; title page
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
honorific/polite/humble prefix
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
sweet and sour; bittersweet
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
lately; recently; nowadays
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to rebuke; to scold harshly
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
to face; to go towards; to head towards