lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary
social life; social intercourse
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
individual; private person; personal; natural person
solitude; loneliness; isolation
Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); Chusan palm; hemp palm
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to arrange (flowers); to plant
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
vexatious; troublesome; complicated
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth
counter for generations; epoch
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
detached; aloof; indifferent
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
smoothly; easily; readily
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath