bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
rational; reasonable; logical
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
such; this sort of; like this
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
conviction; belief; confidence
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to talk; to chat; to chatter
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest