direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
(written) work; book; writings
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to throw into; to toss into
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
first meeting; first interview with
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
prisoner-of-war camp; POW camp
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
head house (family); birthplace; originator
(present) head of a family
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
intimacy; affection; familiarity
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
family name; lineage; birth; clan
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to smile broadly; to grin widely
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage