rope; cord; policeman's rope
good performance; good work; great success
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
chilly; unpleasantly cold
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
place; situation; position; location
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
very; extremely; excessively
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
life; living; I; me; student
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
never mind!; don't worry about it
divorce; dissolution of adoption
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
price; cost; value; worth; value
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity
murder; killing; murderer