cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
when it becomes; when it comes to
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
packing; crating; packaging
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
discovery; detection; finding
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
keychain; key chain; key ring (encryption)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture); small wooden horse toy with bells on its neck (made in Iwate Prefecture)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
already; now; no longer; not any more
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to collapse into; to flop onto
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
human relations; personal relationships