use; utilization; utilisation; application
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
something; some kind of; for some reason
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
leader of a charge; first to arrive
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
to be prolonged; to drag on
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
future (usually near); prospects
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
out-of-school; off-campus