sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
poisoning; kill by poison
bento; Japanese box lunch
morning; forenoon; just before noon
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
Labor Standards Inspection Office
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
that's the way it is; such is life
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
to complain; to make a complaint
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
half the body; half length
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to remember; to keep in mind
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
trial product; prototype model
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many