small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
convenient; handy; useful
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
supply; supplying; replenishment
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
on the occasion of; at the time of
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
bathing powder; bathwater additive; bath salt
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to take away; to carry off
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)