to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
grandfather; male senior-citizen
longing for others; wanting company
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
point in common; common feature
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
secret; private; surreptitious
to overdo; to do too much
distinction; differentiation; classification
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
impossible to do (although wants to)
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
how; in what way; how about; questionable
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
frying or baking something thin (e.g. thin omelette)
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
poor physical health; bad shape
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)