to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
border (between countries); national border
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
down quilt; feather quilt; feather duvet; eiderdown
living room (Western style); sitting room
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
like this; this sort; this way
older employee who does not have much actual work
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
harassment (esp. in workplace); bullying; discrimination
workshop; studio; atelier
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
centerline (road); center line; Chuō Line (central railway line in Tokyo)
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit