sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
array; muster; line-up; full force
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
of course; certainly; naturally
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to affect; to impact; to influence
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
fine weather; fair weather
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-