evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
polish; improvement; burnishing
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
maintenance; preservation; improvement
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
sports ground; sports oval
to look away; to turn away
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
set meal; special (of the day)
to be opposite; to face each other
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question