tool; implement; means; furniture
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
drinking party; get-together
preparation; arrangements
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
special training; intensive training; crash course
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
(giving) instruction; initiation
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
to be too numerous; to be too much
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
beforehand; in advance; previously
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
stillness; repose; standing still
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
seeing one off; farewell; escort
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
memory; sense; experience
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along