missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
had better ...; had better not ...
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
bank; weir; embankment; levee
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
juvenile Japanese sea bass (under two years old and roughly 25 cm in length)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
crayfish (esp. red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with