cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
year-end fair; year-end market
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
open air; outdoors; outside
and; thereupon; because of that
absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief
to close (one's eyes); to shut
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver-colored paper
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay