notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to lie down; to throw oneself down
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
practical question (problem); practical matter
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
origin; source; beginning; starting point
succession struggle; succession race
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
somewhere to go; place to go
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow