in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
terminal symptoms; sign of the approaching end
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
protest; refutation; pleading
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii); king oyster mushroom
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence