defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
only; merely; but; no more than
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
bento; Japanese box lunch
basket; basketball; basket cloth
living together; coexistence
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
bento; Japanese box lunch
to be greedy; to devour greedily
end; close; conclusion; termination
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
several hundred; hundreds (of)
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
setting a place; setting the table
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to learn something through hearing