person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless
fragment; one of the group or party
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
even so; anyhow; at any rate
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to go on a fool's errand; to go in vain
conference room; council room
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
growth period; growing season
indomitable perseverance; invincible fortitude
annual (plant); first-year student
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
preparation; arrangements
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
polish (jewels); cultivation
second-year student; biennial
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
all you want; as much as one wants
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
storm and stress; Sturm und Drang
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy