sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
human relations; personal relationships
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
one cause; one reason; one factor
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
physical condition; state of health
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to crawl out of; to creep out of
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
changing clothes; change of clothes
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
cooking; food preparation
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
last night; yesterday evening
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
stairs; stairway; staircase
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to stop (plug) one's ears
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of