preparations for returning (home)
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
very popular; highly favoured
finished product; finished goods; completed article
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
fine weather; fair weather
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
sexy; popular; well-liked
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
just past noon; afternoon
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
minuteness; one millionth
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
to rest one's chin in one's hands
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)