peppermint beverage; mentha water
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
letter; missive; note; mail
writing; composition; essay; sentence
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
slip of the pen; mistake in writing; something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
agricultural community; farm village; rural
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease