pomade; balm; perfumed oil
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
longing for others; wanting company
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
management; administration; operation; running (a 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
enclosure; coralling; penning; enclosure (fencing off common land for individual ownership)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
secret; private; surreptitious
to overdo; to do too much
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; 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 people
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 (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (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
health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell