to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
scale; bathroom scale; weighing machine
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
smallpox vaccination; inoculation against smallpox
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
near; close; beside; third person
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
cruelty; hard-heartedness
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
end; close; conclusion; termination
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example