distance between two cars
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
having not the slightest idea
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
absorption; suction; attraction
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
to be too numerous; to be too much
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
home cooking; eating at home
bento; Japanese box lunch
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
autumn weather is as fickle as a man's heart
a woman is as fickle as autumn weather
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
wetting; love affair; lover
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
closely-packed series of lectures; intensive course
fragrant olive; sweet olive; Osmanthus fragrans; Olea fragrans
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)