money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
on the occasion of; at the time of
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour)
certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps
in search of; in order to look for
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
organ (musical instrument)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
amount of money; sum of money
old man; venerable gentleman
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
whistle (sound made with the lips)
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
enumeration; citation; listing
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
spirit; heart; disposition
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing