retort; back talk; backchat
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to subsist; to keep on living
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to bite off; to gnaw through
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
something like ...; something called ...
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
name; given name; first name
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
even though; despite; when
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
archbishop (Orthodox, Anglican, etc.)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
whereabout; about where; how much
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
how long; how far; how much
second day of the month; two days
considerably; fairly; quite