great person; eminent figure
quotation; citation; reference
at least; at most; (even) just
to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to throw open; to leave open
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
summer cold (illness); summer flu
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
way of eating; how to eat
breeding; raising; rearing
description; describing; depicting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to snatch from; to steal from
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
for your information; I'm telling you
training; drill; practice; discipline