expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to apologize; to apologise
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
royal capital; imperial capital
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
living room (Western style); sitting room
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
cooking; food preparation
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)