bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
school building; schoolhouse
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
lamentation; grief; anguish; anxiety; illness; mourning
pilaf topped with bechamel or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
history; pedigree; lineage
loading; stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
educator; teacher; educationalist
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to pierce through; to break through
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
beforehand; in advance; previously
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done