salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock
new life; fresh start; new routine
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
cookware; cooking utensil
dressed up (in fine clothes)
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
design specification document; design specifications
investigation; research; looking something up
each place; various places
standing while holding onto something (of an infant or toddler)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
naughty; mischievous; unruly
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
don't worry; there's no need to worry
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice