to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
ago; since; before; previous
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
true theory; true teachings
late at night; at a late hour
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to come back; to return; to recur
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
time; season; period; phase; stage
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to make use of; to lend money
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
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
stable boy; stable hand; groom
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
preparation; arrangements
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
preparations for a journey
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)