to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
remnants of a defeated army
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
teacher; instructor; professor
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
getting nauseated; getting angry
to accept (a thing) with thanks
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)