to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
agglomeration; clumping together; cohesion (of ions, etc.); flocculation (of colloidal particles); agglutination
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
one day; (on) a certain day
(arch.) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
wearing a yukata; (in) one's informal summer kimono
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
apparent age (of someone); rough age
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
field; plain; prairie; moor
to give an impression; to make an impression
arrogant; haughty; insolent
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
keeper of imperial archives; worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
quotation; citation; reference
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
unexpected; contrary to expectations; unforeseen
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
set of three; three sets; three classes
authority; power; influence
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words