playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to be accustomed to; to be used to; to argue into silence; to talk down
with hands in pockets; idleness
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
assistance; backing; reinforcements
to join forces with; to cooperate with
changing one's attitude or response according who one is talking to or dealing with
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
walking briskly; determinedly
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to push away; to push aside; to shove
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
hearsay; learning by hearsay
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense
particularly; only; in the case of
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
blunder; slip; error; error
will not do; do not; does not
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
underwear; shirt (worn as an undergarment)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice