these days; nowadays; recently
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
intermission (between acts); interlude
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
silent; still; quiet; hushed
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
doburoku (unrefined sake)
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
to cease; to stop; to be over
drama; play; powerful drug
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
hard fight; difficult struggle
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
being on duty; person on duty
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
openhearted; frank; broad-minded
noted priest; celebrated priest
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
value; worth; virtue; blessing
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
world; society; people; the public