neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
it's no joke; gimme a break!
imperious; proud; heavy (nasal breathing)
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
un-; non-; negative prefix
period of youth; while young
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
making a killing; making easy money; robbery
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
sender; consignor; remitter
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
surface mail (ship); sea mail; ferry service; steamer service
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
even if not; even without
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
polish; improvement; burnishing
surrounding at a distance
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
staring at; scrutinizing; scrutinising
pale; pallid; bluish-white
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
professional killer; hit man