to mix; to blend; to combine
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
actual profit; practical use; benefit
current obsession; current kick; personal obsession
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)
sense of smell; olfaction
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
keeping things tidy and in order
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
reading partway; leaving half-read
document; official papers
one's post; place of work; workplace
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
after death; posthumously
by all means; by all costs
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to get late; to advance; to wear on