hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
curse; spell; malediction
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to talk; to chat; to chatter
womanly; feminine; womanish; effeminate
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
in comparison to; rather than
to look around; to look towards (us)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
surely; certainly; without doubt
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)