strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
sobriety; soberness; sober face
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
shades of evening; dead of night
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
stock (of goods); reserve; supply
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
detailed; minute; articulate
mission; delegation; transmission
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to lick off; to take (something) off by licking
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
it hasn't been long since
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards