function; facility; faculty; feature
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
January; first month of the lunar calendar
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
name plate; name tag; label
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
name; given name; first name
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
decorative lights; illumination
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to go past; to pass; to pass by
tree (e.g. Christmas); tree structure; tree diagram
matcha; powdered green tea
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum); cassis (blackcurrant liqueur)
one by one; one each; one at a time
to be too numerous; to be too much
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to wash again; to reconsider
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
living by oneself; living alone
to live; to make a living; to get on with
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
history of; experience of
still; even now; to this day
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase