tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to be away from home; to be out of the house
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
supply; provision; raising; procurement
a great variety of; diversity
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
bed and food; eating and sleeping
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
to half-rise to one's feet
at the window; by the window; next to the window
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
footwear; footgear; shoes
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
going to and fro; back and forth
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)