erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
electricity; (electric) light
complete set; all; everything
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no play
(death from) starvation; starving to death
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to be able to manage somehow or another
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to harm; to cause harm to
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to grow taller (of people)
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
desperately; for one's dear life