to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
tool; implement; means; furniture
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
scene; spectacle; sight; view
imagination; supposition; guess
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
while; during (the time when)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)
wherein; therein; thereinto
pupil; student; schoolchild
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
such; this sort of; like this
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
discovery; detection; finding
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
management; administration; operation
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of