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underwear, undergarment, underclothes, lingerie

bitter

considerably, greatly, a lot

shelf, ledge, rack; trellis

absence, being away from home; house-sitting, house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies), leaving unattended

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

to be found, to be discovered

not less than ..., ... and over, ... and above, ... and upwards, ... or more; beyond (e.g. one's expectations), above, more than, further than; the above, the above-mentioned, the aforementioned, the foregoing; since ..., seeing that ..., now that ..., once ...; that's all, that is the end, the end

cherry blossom viewing, flower viewing

silk

eraser, rubber

tatami mat, Japanese straw floor coverings(explanation)

to decorate, to ornament, to adorn; to display, to exhibit, to put on show, to arrange; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory), to adorn (e.g. the front page), to grace (e.g. the cover); to affect (a manner), to keep up (appearances), to embellish, to dress up, to be showy, to be pretentious

leaving hospital, discharge from hospital

to get dark, to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close; to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with

air conditioning, air cooling

to raise, to raise up, to set up, to pick up; to wake, to wake up, to waken, to awaken; to cause, to bring about, to lead to, to trigger, to give rise to, to create, to generate (e.g. heat, electricity), to produce; to start, to begin, to launch, to establish, to found, to set up, to open; to plough, to plow, to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe, to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)

to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in; to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water), to come ashore, to be washed ashore; to float atop the water, to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse), to rise to the surface; to increase, to be raised (e.g. of a salary), to rise; to improve, to make progress; to be promoted, to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished, to be done, to be over; to stop (of rain), to clear up (of weather); to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be spoken loudly, to be raised loudly (of a voice); to get nervous, to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go, to visit; to eat, to drink; to serve (in one's master's home); to enter a red light district, to amuse oneself in a red light district, to visit a brothel; to arise vigorously (e.g. of voices in excitement), to become excited, to be in uproar (e.g. of a crowd); to be complete, to finish; adds the connotation of an action happening strongly or violently; above, north of

generally, on the whole, mostly, almost, nearly, approximately, roughly, about; general, rough; outline, main points, gist, substance, essence; in the first place, first and foremost, from the start, to begin with

knowing, being aware (of); (an) acquaintance