living room (Western style); sitting room
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
electricity; (electric) light
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
low dining table; tea table
cupboard or chest for tea implements
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
retainer; vassal; servant
rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
chronological order; time series
convenient; handy; useful
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to lay aside; to set aside
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
second day of the month; two days
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of