to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
please; somehow or other; one way or another
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to breathe out; to exhale
round; spherical; circular
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
out-of-school; off-campus
relatively; comparatively
scale; scope; plan; structure
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
even though; despite; when
suddenly; all of a sudden
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to eat too much; to overeat
binge eating; stress eating
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)