confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
something; some kind of; for some reason
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
to talk to oneself; to mutter
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)