setting the table;  laying the table;  setting up;  getting one's ducks in a row;  running interference
 stealthy steps;  soft steps
 I'm sorry;  my apologies;  excuse me;  pardon me
 to become hungry;  to get an empty stomach
 humour;  humor;  safety;  health;  in a good mood;  in high spirits
 good;  excellent;  sufficient;  enough;  profitable (deal, business offer, etc.);  beneficial
 to take offense (at);  to take offence (at);  to feel hurt (by)
 to fade;  to lose colour (color);  to discolour (discolor)
 to eat;  to live on (e.g. a salary);  to live off;  to subsist on
 to pass through;  to pass by;  to pass (of time);  to elapse;  to have expired;  to have ended;  to exceed
 to be lost (e.g. luggage);  to be missing;  to be used up;  to be run out;  to disappear (e.g. pain);  to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
 receiving;  reception;  eating;  drinking;  please;  please do for me
 irritability;  peevishness;  irascibility;  hot temper
 something;  some kind of;  for some reason
 to feel guilty;  to suffer from a guilty conscience;  to feel uneasy;  to have qualms about;  to have scruples about;  to feel regret
 holiday;  day off;  sleep;  rest;  Good night
 later;  afterwards;  future;  after one's death; (arch.)  descendant
 chazuke;  cooked rice with green tea poured on it
 to slurp;  to sip (loudly);  to sniffle;  to sniff
 it was, wasn't it?;  must have been;  I think (it was);  how might it have been?
 dimly;  faintly;  absentmindedly;  vacantly;  idly;  aimlessly
 (a) little;  somewhat;  somehow
 to pour (into);  to sprinkle on (from above);  to water (e.g. plants);  to shed (tears);  to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on;  to devote to;  to flow into (e.g. of a river)
 to taste;  to try (food or drink)
 to get tired;  to tire;  to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.)  to starve
 leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war);  departure;  setting out;  starting a new life;  starting life anew
 misrepresentation;  false statement
 to scurry home;  to run home;  to fly back
 to stick through;  to force through;  to spread throughout;  to thoroughly diffuse;  to make a path between two points;  to proceed in a logical manner;  to let pass
 domestic discord;  internal discord;  internal strife;  internal struggle;  infighting
 consideration;  guess;  conjecture;  judgment;  judgement
 to include (in a group or scope);  to instruct;  to make one understand;  to include (a nuance);  to put in (an implication);  to put in (someone's) mouth
 genealogy;  lineage;  family tree;  pedigree
 right;  correct;  proper;  righteous;  just
 to correct;  to rectify;  to reform;  to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.);  to adjust
 thousand years;  very long period;  forever