receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
sour look; surly face; pout
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
indolence; laziness; sloth
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
deodorant; deodorizer; air freshener
agricultural community; farm village; rural
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
great hurry; great haste; rush
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
depository; storage area; storage location; storage site
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
stairwell; stair hall; staircase
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
first time; first; initial
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off