(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
unknown; obscure; insignificant
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
house mouse (Mus musculus)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
how many people; a number of people
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
account book; register; ledger
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
steamship; steamboat; steamer
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy