to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
that day; the very same day
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
powdered cheese; cheese powder
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
just because; even if; even though
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
forgetting; lapse of memory
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
opening and shutting; opening and closing
three-quarter; half coat; top coat
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
it's been a long time; long time no see
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
selection; choice; picking out
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
innocent; cherubic; childlike
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end