keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
merit (esp. order of merit)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
group; bunch; crowd; group
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows
tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
while; during; while; although; all; both
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
chair; stool; post; office; position
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
penalty; sentence; punishment
older brother; elder brother
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
even if; even though; however; no matter how
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
that's the way it is; such is life
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
form; shape; figure; visage
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something