kindness; intimacy; friendship
home area; home town; local
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
periodic; regular; routine
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
the seven spring flowers; the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
corridor; hallway; passageway
traditional; conventional
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
in accordance with; according to
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
form; method; system; formula
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
opposite side; opposition
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
opposite side; other side; other party
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
after the end (of something); post-
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent