naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
independent business; self-employment
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to perceive; to understand
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
Buddhist (household) altar
quietly; slowly; gracefully
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to grow up; to become an adult
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
prejudice; bias; distorted view
strict order; peremptory command
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
stimulating; exciting; provocative
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
deep affection; dear; beloved
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry