glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
on bad terms; at loggerheads
tattling; telling on (someone)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
sheep; foreigner's mistress
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
way of speaking; intimation
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
episode; anecdote; vignette
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
confused; jumbled; disorderly
low dining table; tea table
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
to encamp; to take up positions
opening a business; opening a practice
it hasn't been long since
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
Chinese goods; imported goods; (arch.) secondhand goods; (arch.) old furniture
lacquerware; painting; coating
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
at least; at most; (even) just
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
customer traffic; customers; custom