neighbourhood; neighborhood
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
dullard; indecisive person
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
a pair (of shoes or socks)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
(feather) duster; dusting
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to telephone; to make a phone call
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony
absorption; suction; attraction
converting someone (gently) to Buddhism; proselytization
old age; old person; the old; the aged
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room
right angle; perpendicular
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
handrail; railing; banister
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)