to be away from home; to be out of the house
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
shopping; purchased goods
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
finish; completion; the end
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
cool; calm; composed; easy; simple
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to manage something successfully; to be successful
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
leaving a matter to chance
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
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.)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on