coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
to watch over; to watch attentively
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
to have medicine be effective
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
wheat straw; barley straw
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
thickness; profundity; depth
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding