to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
transactions; dealings; business
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
good-quality; superior in quality
first place (in a race); first to arrive; one suit (of clothes); one item (of clothing); putting on (formal clothes); wearing
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
utterly lacking (in ability); hopeless; useless; poor
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
whole nation; whole land; whole country
the lower classes; the common people
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
product; produce; result; fruit
temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
bungalow; one-story house
shoes strictly prohibited
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
portable toilet; porta-potty; porta-john; portaloo
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)