tool; implement; means; furniture
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
article; item; thing; goods; wares
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
here and there; in places
to become frayed; to become loose
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
existence; being; presence
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
including tax (of a price); pretax (income or profits); before tax
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
general; popular; common; typical
foreign matter; impurities
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
although I say; although one might say; although called
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
that's the way it is; such is life
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
all; entire; whole; altogether