playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
not understanding; not knowing
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to