railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
in that way; thus; so; so?
though; notwithstanding; although
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
study; library; den; home office; reading room
living room (Japanese-style)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable