Vocabulary

soft market; bear market

sauce boat; gravy boat

unexamined; untested; unscreened

small-loan lending service

to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing

viewing as hopeless; feeling that all is lost

sabre (fencing); saber

saber (cavalry sword); sabre

counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.

completion ceremony; graduation ceremony

my dear; my darling

Boolean value; truth value

puttee

anilite

abukumalite; britholite-(Y)

showing unyielding diligence in one's studies; wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying

puttee

world record

to appear contrived; to seem unnatural; to appear forced

modular bath; prefabricated bath

charpai (woven bed); charpai bed; charpoy

hospital bed not fully covered by national health insurance; hospital bed incurring an extra charge

hospital bed fully covered by national health insurance

administrator (of a building, etc.); manager

various impurities (illness, menstruation, death, etc.)

blackcurrant; black currant

salt rubbing; sprinkling salt over a vegetable and rolling it on a cutting board

walk-in closet with space for shoes (by the entrance of a house)

walk-in closet with space for shoes (by the entrance of a house)

junk DNA

tatami room; Japanese-style room

nook (small and oft. secluded space in a home)

wood deck; wooden deck

upstairs

downstairs

second living room; secondary living room

large storage space

bedroom

connecting room

luxe; luxury