emergency; extraordinary; unusual
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to become better; to improve
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
economy; economics; economising; saving; economy (class)
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
morning; forenoon; just before noon
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
supply; supplying; replenishment
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
free time; time at leisure
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life