natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
showing one's face in public; facing another person
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
question; inquiry; enquiry
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to make sure; to make doubly sure
how; in what way; how about; questionable
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
surroundings; environs; circumference
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
mantra; Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
stationery; pen and ink; writing materials
laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
silence; stillness; quietness
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better