system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
menu; schedule; program; menu
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
form; method; system; formula
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
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
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
chief; main; principal; important
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
export; exportation; efferent
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
food storage; provision store; pantry
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly