no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
office hours; business hours; working hours
health; healthy; sound; fit
natural foods; organic food
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
changing clothes; change of clothes
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
sports shirt; sport shirt
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible