cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
wet; moist; soft-hearted; tender-hearted; sentimental
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to go out and away; to leave
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
(turned out) all right in the end
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
image; figure; figure; form; image
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
changing clothes; change of clothes
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting