the whole family; the whole house
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
several shots; several blows
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
door-to-door visit; door-to-door canvassing (canvasing)
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
every evening; every night
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
regional governor in ancient China
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland