use; utilization; utilisation; application
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
under the staircase; understairs
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
way of calling (something or someone)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
synthetic leather; artificial leather; leatherette
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
reading light; reading lamp
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
steady progress; rapid advance
second (unit of time); arc second
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
novel; story; (work of) fiction
indeed; really; truly; very much
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)