to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to take; to catch; to capture
cooking; food preparation
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
quarantine; medical inspection
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
waste of time; killing time
being too late; losing one's final chance
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)
smoked glass; tinted glass
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
coach and four; four horse coach
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
literally; to the letter; literal
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
digital versatile disc; DVD
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
letter; missive; note; mail
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent