yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to pass (of time); to elapse
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
father; dad; husband; you; he
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to be at a loss for words
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
loveable; very likeable; like very much
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
suffix for familiar person
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do