work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
motherland; fatherland; native country
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
unanticipated; unexpected