to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
student accommodation; student dormitory
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
cake served with tea; teacake
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to get someone to say; to make someone say
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
while; even though; despite
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over