trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
water outlet; tap; faucet
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
price increase; rise in price
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
mental image; mental picture; image
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier