each house; every house; many houses
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
evening meal; supper; dinner
preparation; arrangements
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to repeat; to do something over again
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary
bungalow; one-story house
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to be on the lookout; to lie in wait
in the end; at the end of the day
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
on the occasion of; at the time of
to look around; to survey
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
boastful; bragging; conceited
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to glare at each other; to confront each other