to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
young owner; young proprietor
to be embarrassed; to lose face
too much; excessively; too
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
fifth day of the month; five days
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
basket; basketball; basket cloth
puppy; whelp; magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
ten (long cylindrical things)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma