to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color
feel (of a material); texture
to reflect; to throw back light
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
more than usual; especially; particularly
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
polish; improvement; burnishing
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
gem; jewel; precious stone
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to be sooty; to be stained
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to throw away; to abandon
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual