kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
way of asking; way of listening; listener
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
process; course; mechanism
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
considerably; fairly; quite
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
just because; even if; even though
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
door; gate; opening; title page