to keep (a person) waiting
evening; night; nighttime
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
hermitage; retreat; retirement; seclusion
in the mountains; among the mountains
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
being lost in deep thought
labor problem; labour problem
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
bright (esp. of the moon); broad and empty
on the cheap side; comparatively cheap; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to do for (the sake of someone else)