the whole area; all areas
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to keep (a person) waiting
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
handicraft; industrial art object
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to pass (of time); to elapse
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
to apologize; to apologise
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information