to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
soldier; combatant; warrior
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to face on; to look out on to
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
interior design; interior; upholstery
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
first-class goods; A-grade product
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
(short) rest; breather; break
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
after that; afterwards; thereafter
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
recollection; calling to mind
-job; stimulating the penis with a body part
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
fixed fitting (esp. window)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling