to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
Japanese robin (Erithacus akahige)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
front entrance; front door
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
family; relatives; dependents; household
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
center; centre; metropolis
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
monthly contract; paying by the month
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
at some point in the past; at some stage
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
society; public; community; social studies
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction