checkers (board game); draughts; checker
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
cash payment; paying in cash
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to say (something) over one's shoulder
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
inner lid; medium sized lid
paste; glue; clothing starch
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off