to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
pardon me for leaving (first)
one (more) effort; one (more) push; a try; a go
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
desperation; struggle to the death
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
excursion; field trip; school trip
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
don't you think?; indicates question
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
home area; home town; local
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to be exhausted; to be tired out
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to be able to manage somehow or another
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset