dry riverbed; river beach
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
father; dad; husband; you; he
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
symbol; code; sign; notation
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways
untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
primary school; elementary school; grade school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
to make a speech; to address
year in, year out; always; 24-7
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
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
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
one night; one evening; all night; overnight