basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
directions; instructions; orders; command
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
being good-for-nothing; useless person
speech and conduct; words and deeds
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
cooperation; collaboration
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to cause someone to worry
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls