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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

scenery, scene, landscape

sightseeing, watching, viewing; sightseer, spectator, viewer, onlooker

(finger) ring

baby, infant

to make noise, to make racket, to be noisy; to rustle, to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor, to clamour, to make a fuss, to kick up a fuss; to lose one's cool, to panic, to act flustered; to feel tense, to be uneasy, to be excited

to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect; to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in; to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through; to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout; to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far; to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed; to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted; to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for; to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense; to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood; to pass for, to come across as, to seem like; to be straight (e.g. wood grain); to be well-informed, to be wise; to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly

to soak (in), to steep, to dip, to dunk; to pickle, to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)

telegram

airfield, airport, aerodrome

article, item, thing, goods, wares

tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable