room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to happen to hear; to overhear
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to keep (e.g. the lead); to maintain (a standard, situation, etc.); to put aside (for someone); to save (e.g. a seat); to keep (the ball; in soccer, rugby, etc.); to retain possession
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
actuator; access mechanism (e.g. disk)
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to make one's rounds; to patrol
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
plump; fleshy; chubby; (walking) slowly; with soft-footed steps (of toddlers, small animals, etc.)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way