to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
chair; stool; post; office; position
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
facing south; southern exposure
door; gate; opening; title page
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
reproachful; hateful; bitter
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...