sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
particular; hard to please; fussy
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
vacant house; unoccupied house
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
empty lot; vacant plot of land
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
at that time; in those days
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
vocational school; technical school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
since when; from when; how long
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon