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
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 ...
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
double; twice (as much); twofold
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing