to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
condensed milk; Soviet Union
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
caller; visitor; company; guest
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
bowl (of a pipe); fire grate; censer; flash pan (of a muzzle-loading gun); priming pan
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to join together; to combine; to join up
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
inquisitive (e.g. look); questioning; quizzical; interrogative
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least