to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
open every day of the year
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
agricultural community; farm village; rural
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
being left out; being ostracized
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
pay; salary; to pay (off); to be profitable; heroin
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable