to clean and repaper shoji in preparation for winter
shoji (paper sliding door)
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
sense of values; values; value system
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
to pay attention (to); to be considerate (of); to be thoughtful (of); to show concern (for); to take care; to be careful
foreign; abroad; overseas
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
popular spot; popular place; popular location
good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; betting booth (at a racecourse)
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
steel; sword steel; sword
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
black lustre; black luster
to shake off; to throw off
as you can imagine; as imagined
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
to get out of shape; to lose shape
in (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter; back nine
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part