screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to rock; to shake; to swing
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
snugly; cosily; compactly
completely; fully; entirely
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake