home area; home town; local
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
to get late; to advance; to wear on
break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to get out of bed; to show a leg
changing clothes; change of clothes
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
bento; Japanese box lunch
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
horse riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
if you think about it; come to think of it
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
beautiful face; good looks; beauty