to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
chair; stool; post; office; position
stole; scarf; stall (of an engine or aircraft); stall (cattle)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
thought; consideration; thinking
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
no!; no no!; no, not at all
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to be needed; to be wanted
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
with these words; while saying
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from