banquet or reception hall
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
still; even now; to this day
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to bawl; to cry; to scream
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
to try all possible means
every year; yearly; annually
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
thin rice gruel; rice water
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
I see; that's right; indeed
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)