single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
to face on; to look out on to
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
shoji (paper sliding door)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to die out; to become extinct
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
being very busy; busyness
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to make a fool of someone
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
question; inquiry; enquiry
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
early (prompt) settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)