spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
express; special delivery
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
mending; revision; supplementation
opening a business; opening a practice
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
utter stranger; mere passerby; outsider
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
atelier; studio; workshop
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
(arch.) regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court); Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
school building; schoolhouse
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion