ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
handwoven; handspun; weaving by hand
manually powered loom; hand loom
cotton; cotton pads (usu. in amenity set); cotton buds
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
matryoshka; Russian nesting doll
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
in succession; one after another
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious