advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to accept; to receive; to agree
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
proposal; proposition; suggestion
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
outsider; someone outside of a group
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
runner-up; second (in a race)
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
one's house; one's home; one's family
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door); to change completely; to do a 180
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling