to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
house of a prince of the blood
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.)
mille-feuille (type of pastry)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
second (unit of time); arc second
roar; sound made by monsters
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
bank; banking institution
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
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
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of