to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
participation; joining; entry
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
housemaster; resident advisor; houseparent; housefather; housemother; dorm parent
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
full (of a container, vessel, etc.); filled to the brim; packed; filled (with people); full
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime