town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
business trip; official trip
a little bit; a little while
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
migratory bird; bird of passage
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
24 hours; twenty-four hours
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
question; inquiry; enquiry
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to take a breath; to take a short rest
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
health; healthy; sound; fit
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health