letter; missive; note; mail
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
physical condition; state of health
to become better; to improve
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
while; during (the time when)
washing a kimono (or futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
(the condition of) one's health
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
woman; female; feminine gender
pointing out; identification
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have