to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
opposite side; opposition
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
front; frontage; facade; main
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
ten; 10; ten years of age
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
low dining table; tea table
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
two classes; double; two sets
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
book; volume; this; present; main; head
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion