two colours; two varieties; two types
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
pressure; oppression; suppression
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
attractive body; nice-looking body
stick figure; stick person
fresco; mural; wall painting
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
superstition; superstitious belief
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
cold sleep; suspended animation
comfort when sleeping; feel (of a bed, futon, etc.)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
business use; commercial use; professional use; industrial use
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
an amateur as good as a professional
to accumulate (writings, compositions, etc. that one has not yet published); to build up a stock of (manuscripts, etc.)