rain and wind; driving rain
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
middle of the night; dead of night; midnight
to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
reserve; reticence; unfriendliness; estrangement
everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
to accept; to receive; to agree
walking briskly; determinedly
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
sealed letter; sealed document; enclosure
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to discuss; to talk together
hermetically seal; sealing (e.g. envelope)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
article to be delivered; present