return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
study; research; investigation
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
postpartum; after childbirth
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
time; season; period; phase; stage
staying the night; lodging (at)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
yearned for; longed for; missed
neurotic fear of returning home after work; nostophobia
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
side effect; adverse reaction
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
at least; at most; (even) just
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
(having) same family and personal name
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)