decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
nice; likeable; desirable
job; work; duties; trade; skill
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
such ... as; or some such
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
pair; the two; both persons; both things
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
putting out the light; switching off the light
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
each; (arch.) you (plural)