in person; personally; directly
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
flour; meal; powder; dust
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
those (near the second person)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to be needed; to be wanted
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
keeping things tidy and in order
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
reform; reformation; reorganization
almost; roughly; approximately
nothing in particular; none in particular
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
single word; a few words; brief comment
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first