tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
while; during (the time when)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to ask; to enquire; to query
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
question; inquiry; enquiry
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
dealing with; coping with
to put one's hand on; to touch
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation