idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
one's early days; little while
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
personal appearance; character; personality
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
leisure time; idle moment
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
to get out of bed; to show a leg
small saucepan; small pot
(plain) hot water; boiled water
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to begin talking; to open up
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
bright (esp. of the moon); broad and empty
starry night; starlight night