to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
occasional; infrequent; rare
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum); night-blooming cereus; queen of the night
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
local news section; the city desk
all night long; all through the night
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
picturesque (scenery); unspoilt; beautiful
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
man; male; masculine gender
by means of; due to; because of; according to
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner