reception room; parlor; parlour
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
rather; better; instead; if anything
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
becoming numb; becoming desensitized
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things