formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to face on; to look out on to
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
bento; Japanese box lunch
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
so; like this; in this way
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
story; tale; talk; discussion
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
don't you think?; indicates question
that's the way it is; such is life
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
memory; sense; experience
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
regret; repentance; remorse