drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
tool; implement; means; furniture
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
relatively; comparatively
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
moving tale; impressive tale
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
inheritance; something given or received
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
window; window (shop display)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
family; members of a family
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
being startled; getting a shock
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal