purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
to paint (draw) a picture
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
to be sooty; to be stained
even though; despite; when
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
on the occasion of; at the time of
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
serious condition; critical condition
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)