shopping; purchased goods
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to thrust before; to thrust at
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
considerably; fairly; quite
willpower; energy; vitality
of course; certainly; naturally
commencing with; including
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
decision; determination; resolution
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
mental; spiritual; emotional
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner