occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
kitchen; cookhouse; (ship's) galley
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to gather; to collect; to assemble
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to grimace; to make a wry face
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
three; three years of age
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
mosquito larva; wriggler; maggot
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed