sieve (for reducing soft solids to a pulp); pressing (food) through a sieve; pureeing (using a sieve)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
build; physique; frame; constitution
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
quietly; slowly; gracefully
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
knitting; knitted material; crochet
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
manners; courtesy; etiquette
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
place for storing things; container; compartment; closet; pocket
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
as a child; when one was a child
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction