demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
serious look (on one's face); straight face
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
relatively; comparatively
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to encamp; to take up positions
on the left as one faces (it)
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift