plain wood; unfinished woodwork
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
ceiling; sealing (compound, act of, etc.)
to compose; to put together
periodic; regular; routine
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
boarder; boarding student
new building; new construction
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
to take away; to carry away
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
university festival; rag day
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
Viking; smorgasbord; buffet; smorgasbord (of things); hodge-podge
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
excessive; too much; unreasonable
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable